Newbie burning issues... please help me out

[mojo2185]

Ok here's what i got.
I've been browsing around, looking up info on backing up PC games, so i decided to test this out.

I pulled out a game of mine and fired up ClonyXXL to determine the protection type. I put the disk in my CD-RW drive, and scanned the disk. It popped up two Skulls and said "SafeDisc Old". Next to it, a box was checked that said "Bad Sectors". So i figured "Cool, it says it's easy to copy, lets do it!". I saved a profile named test.cpp, and opened CloneCD 4.0.1.3. I chose my CD-RW drive, picked the test.cpp profile and clicked start.
Unfortunately... i don't think this worked. The ClonyXXL settings apparently didn't work, because in my CloneCd log, i got MANY "failed to read sector" errors. ClonyXXL said it was easy to backup... what's the deal?

Thanks for any info!

[gh0sth@cker]

Read the FAQ, the bad sectors from sectors ~800-10000 are normal as this is just the copy protection.

[mojo2185]

Yeah, you're right... sorry stupid mistake by me.
But... i have encountered other errors. When i tried running the image through Daemon Tools to see if the image file worked, the game started to load, but was missing a file.

If things worked correctly in CloneCd... it's supposed to make a 1:1 copy right? so why do i have a missing file? Right now, i'm checking the real disc to see if the same error occurs with the original, but i don't think it does.

Thanks

[gh0sth@cker]

Try making the image again at a slower speed. The original may be scratched. What error messege do you receive.

[mojo2185]

Ok... my bad... again
The same error happened with the original game. Apparently some of the files that should have been installed were screwed and that's what was causing the problem.

But... now i have another question.
How do you determine a successful burn? Example...
I made an image of disc1 of Mechwarrior 4... Safedisc old was the protection. Burned to a CD ok.

Disc2... Safedisc 2... made image ok, looks like it burned ok...

I installed the game using both disks, and was not prompted to "Insert a real disk" message. From the looks of it, my 2 year old CD-RW got the job done, somehow... but is there a way to be sure everything worked ok? Are there anythings to look for in particular? From what i've read, safedisc 2 is a pain, and it all depends on the burner you're using, so actually, i find it hard to believe that my generic CD-RW drive (which came with my 2+ year old compaq) worked.

Thanks for the info!

[gh0sth@cker]

If it gets past the initial Safedisk check at the beginning of the game then everything should be fine barring abnormalities during the reading/writing process (maybe a file could get corrupted but this is just unlucky).
So it seems you were able to copy Safedisk 2.