[mitsos79b]

Well here I was in an attempt to backup fifa2003. I saw that the protection is safedisk v2 with clony. I placed the appropriate settings into clonecd(4.2.0.2 version) and copied the first cd through an image just fine. The second cd was a pain in the ***. I repeated the process but at about 55 to 65% of the image making process, clonecd crashed. Itried it again, I tried other settings combinations, I tried setting the copy to be made on a "game cd" and on a "protected game cd" . Still the same. Just as I was ready to go online and ask help through a post here, I got an idea. I got nothing to lose if I do a simulation of an on the fly copy, something which I avoid doing since i've got both cdrom and cdr under one channel. Well what do you know???????It worked??????A plain old settings-free, protection cracking-free on the fly copy operation did the trick?

So I am asking....Does anyone know what happened to me here?

P.S. The newest version of clonecd (4202) has the option when selecting the cd type of putting, 'game cd" and "proetected game cd". What do you guys do?when do you put the first and when the second?And anything else you can think of about this please share it with the rest of the forum users through my post.