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Glad you got somewhere mate. As for assumption being the root of all f_ck ups.........I think we've all been there!

Certainly the test you did with daemon tools would indicate a reading problem....either drive related (i.e. it's fecked) or a copy protection not allowing a good copy.

You might want to try Alcohol 120% (that's not a drink, by the way) as it combines Daemon tools "virtual cdrom" with a burning software. Allegedly can copy most stuff.