Re-enabling DVD drive after failed attempt to crack Starforce

[avataris]

Hey all,

Although I am a first time poster, I have read your forums before, but never taken the time to register. I recently attempted to crack X3: Reunion using SFcuretools which needed me to do the following:

1. You need Windows XP SP2
2. IDE PCI Controller Drivers MUST be OS STANDARD IDE PCI Drivers
3. Unpack file sfcure01 located into archive sfcuretool.rar,
launch file !setup.bat through MS-Dos prompt and reboot your box
4. If you have AMD64, then use sfcure_x64 instead
5. Mount Alcohol 120 image and install the game
6. Once installation is complete, launch sfdrup 2 update StarForce3 drivers and reboot box
7. Launch !start.bat through MS-Dos Prompt, file located in the tools.rar pack
8. Use StarForce Nightmare & launch sfn.exe
9. Select in this order: "Disable node", "Disable CD", "Disable node", and the IDE channel you use
for real CD/DVD units ( Pr. Slave, Sc. Master or Sc. Slave ), depending on how your IDE units
are connected

I followed these options, but Starforce cracking being as fickle as it is, it did not work. My roomate had gotten the game to run, so I was discouraged. I left the game alone, hoping that minds more brilliant then mine could come up with a crack.

Yesterday, trying to burn dvd's with my Pioneer 10 dvd writer, (the same one I was instructed to disable) I realised it would not work. The drive is recognized in Hardware profiles but I cannot access it. I shut down, unplugged the drive, started up, shut down, plugged the drive back in, and started up hoping to force my pc into re-recognizing the drive. No luck.

My only course of action now is to format. Which I can do, I just dont want to. Do any of you guys have any ideas?

I searched the site for like minded threads and didnt find anything, Im sorry if I missed a pertinent thread.

Later guys,
J

[Joe Forster/STA]

I do remember that there was a post explicitly about this but I judt don't remember where.

Anyway, try booting safe mode, removing the entries of all physical CD/DVD drives in Device Manager and then rebooting in normal mode. Perhaps, Windows will re-detect them. And keep searching for that post. (Damn, I should've made a note, to add it to the FAQ anyway... )

[DABhand]

Are you an administrator on your PC? if not burn functions may have been disabled.

[Proton911]

Man , i`m so sorry that you wasn`t able to manage the protection , but wait, what do you think about this ?





I have this screens , from one of my friends who has managed the st! :-)