to tell the truth, your list was reading like all the nastiest securom games and safedisc 2.51 ones, until you said sof2.
also - your friends new burner might not be capable of burning the protections either. check your hardware properties, see if you can find who manufactured your burner, or if it really is a diamond data (never heard of this brand myself), and then check its burner capabilities @
www.elby.org