GTA San Andreas Image to DVD

[ShiFty268]

Hey there i Have the image of san andreas on my harddrive i have tryed to put the image onto a dvd twice. 1st time the dvd had error halfway through (DVD Decrypter) 2nd try it completed with Alcohol 120% but still didn;t work when trying to install it had an error.

Beofore i copyed it with alcohol i tryed to detect the protection with cloneyXXL
By mounting the image with daemon tools then detecting it, it didn't work so i couldn't put the settings to alcohol 120% for best burning condiditons.

Does anyone know of a program for detectins protections on images on your harddrive or from a dvd drive.

At this link (http://spacetarget.com/games/pc_gta_san_andreas.shtml ) it says the protection is a SecuROM v7.

So can anyone help me with this?

[Grumpy]

Why dont you use Protection ID to scan the original DVD?

[ShiFty268]

But then how am i going to copy it onto dvd

[Grumpy]

By scanning the original DVD you will surely know the protection!

[ShiFty268]

Once i find ou the protection How eill i bake it up onto dvd with?
Cheers

[Grumpy]

You paste what it says from Protection ID, after scanning the 'original' DVD, then I will tell you how to burn it to DVD!

[ShiFty268]

I did a scan it says nothing man i downloaded the image from the internet one of the copys was almost finished installign then it had an error on data3 wich is 1.345 gig

Cheers

[Grumpy]

i downloaded the image from the internet

Hmmm, I thought as much! You know what you have done is illegal!!
Go and purchase the game! Do NOT come here expecting help with warez!! Fileforums is NOT a warez site! Enjoy your upcoming ban!

[ShiFty268]

I guy actually gave it to me via harddrive and i didn;t know im so sorry please don;t band me please i will never do this again sorry give me one more chance!

[Grumpy]

Forum Rules

[ShiFty268]

Ok i see that but can you please give me one more chance

Can someone expalin to me what this means?

1)In this article what does it mean by emulating the games copy protection?
2)what does this mean: The unfortunate side to this backing-up method is that your copy can become invalid with the next update patch for the game as the patch will also update the copy protection to the next level.


At the moment you can't get a 1:1 copy of the game burnt to a CDR, the best way to go in terms of 1:1 copy of the game is by mounting the games image and emulating the games copy protection. This can be done with BlindWrite burning software and Alcohol 120% burning software, using Daemon Tools to emulate the protection. The unfortunate side to this backing-up method is that your copy can become invalid with the next update patch for the game as the patch will also update the copy protection to the next level. *Remember, if you experience problems with burning the game at high speeds, (2 speed +) (both the read and write process), then burn the game at lower speeds such as 2 speed and under (both read and write process). A lot of the time burning the game at slow speeds will solve problems of the install not working, or the burner not bypassing the CD's protection.