backup of D&D The Temple of Elemental Evil

[hohner]

Hi,

I have just attempted to backup this game without success so I thought I'd ask for some help. I have used the search feature already but it only returned posts about installing cracks. I'm a bit of a perfectionist unfortunately and prefer to make working backups than install no-cd cracks/patches.
I used ClonyXXL v2.0.1.5 to scan the cds but it says "none, or unknown" protection (even after letting it scan the installed directory). I checked on GCW and apparently it has Securom protection. So I tried to read and write using the Securom profile within Alchohol120% v1.9.2 b1705. By default the read/write settings are at maximum, I attempted to reduce these but during the read/write process it appears my preferred speeds were ignored.
The game will install successfully. When I attempt to play it though, it will spin up, then nothing. No errors either.
I am thinking that perhaps this is a newer version of securom than stated on GCW? Is there any other way to check for the copy protection?

Thanks in advance.

[Monty Burns]

Protection should be Securom 4.84.84.0019. You could try CloneCD and the Twinpeak method or give Blindwrite5 a try, or try to get a good BWA file...... Nevertheless the protection is hardware dependant....

[hohner]

Thanks for your help.

I have backed up the game with alcohol 120% v1.9.2 set to the profile of Securom *NEW (4.x/5.x).
Worked like a charm. Is there another CD Protection ID program that can detect these kind of protections? I seen CloneCD Database on GCW and gave that one a try but had a 'load data base' error every time I ran it. Maybe it was a corrupt download? Might try downloading again.

My hardware is AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 512MB SDRAM, Pioneer DVD+/-RW A106 with 107D firmware so I think it was just a copy method problem rather than hardware issue.

Oh one more thing ... I run the game from my Liteon JLMS XJ-HD166S (16x/48x DVD-ROM). Do only burners have the ATIP check?

[ash2dust2]

Check the stickies.