securom 5

[masuel]

hi i have just bought vietcong fist alpha and mafia, which are top games my kid brother has got his compass and tried to inscribe his name on the game cd's, the darling, i would like to back up these games so he cant get close to my cd's i have tried looking on web for securom help but i have found it hard to understand any advice on how to copy with this protection on, i have nero 6 on xp pro if this helps.

[KidIcarus]

Hey all!

Well, I have a lot of qualms about this protection. Apparently, making a mere copy in Alchohol 120 (savied under MDS, ripped using the Securom (NEW), Securom 4.x, and Safedisk 2/3 settings don't work. It says to insert the original disk and not a backup copy (at least that's alot more friendly than 'Please insert correct CD').

I can run a crack to get around this, but I don't like cracks. The games I'm having trouble with are UT2k4 and FarCry. I would normally just brush off the protection, but I like using virtual drives. I don't want to have to put in the stupid CD every time I go to play. Especially if it's a game I play oftenly. I don't like cracks because patches will not completely replace the game's .exe, and will complain if (heaven forbid) you use a cracked .exe.

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Now they want to take away our virtual drives. Like we're too dumb to get around it. And use a stupid virtual drive. For god sakes, a virtual drive.
</rant>

Anyway, does anyone know the right settings/programs to use to get around this copy-protection from hell? In both being able to use the Virtual Drives and being able to use the backup copies?

[acidhead]

Do,nt know about vietcong but i copied mafia using alcohol combined with blindwrite.Somewhere on this forum are instructions written by me acidhead(not quite sure where i posted them though