PS2 Action Replay MAX v3.34

[NemeX]

Yesterday, I bought Action Replay MAX for my PS2.
I'm just wondering if there's a possible way of making a bootable 1:1 backup copy of it in order to keep the original disk safe from scratches and use the CDR instead as my console is modded and it can load backed up disks.


I've read that is has a very tricky protection and this cannot be done, but every info is outdated so I can't be so sure of it...

• Does anyone knows a technical explanation of this to inform me?
• Is there any tool/utility that can make a bootable backup CD of it?
• If indeed it cannot be backed up with a common CD/DVD-Recorder is there any patch/fix I can apply to the .iso in order to load properly?
• Assuming that it can be backed up, can I integrate updated and new codes to the CD (has anyone tried it before)?

Thanks in advance

[Warlock]

Try Blindread/write. Do a search, I believe a demo is available

[NemeX]

I tried with a lot of utilities to back it up and it seems that finally I successfully got it working
Now I'm working with the integration of the latest codelist so additional updated codelist in Memory Card or in MAX USB Drive files won't be required.
Hope to come back later with detailed instructions of 1:1 copy and codes integration.