Xena-->Easy way to tell if a game has protection

[RonnieBaby]

Just curious, is there a simple way to tell if a game i rip has a protection scheme that must be defeated prior to using echelons sb toolkit? u seem to be the best expert in cracking prot schemes, and i was curious if there is a way to tell b4 wasting a cd-r on a nonbooting rip due to the fact that it is protected. also i would like to understand more clearly how dahack, gdhack, cdda,hack3 work and when they must be used. just trying to make heads or tails of it all. so far ive successfully backed up 7 of my games(selfbooting) but a few are being stubborn.
Thanx in advance (if you are gonna flame me dont bother replying)