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Molder
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_ 		2. November 2004 @ 12:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi guys,
I read most of the posts here on Sims 2 but couldn't see the same problem I have.

I bought the kids (it for the kids honest) Sims 2, it is the CD version, I want to back up disc 1, I copied it using Alcohol 52% (safe disc 2) I burnt the image using DVD decrypter, Loaded the game fine (using Backup disc 1) after install, when the backed up disc 1 is installed, the PC hangs at the Sims 2 splash screen (both the HDD light and CD light stay lit), is there a way around this?

M
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Nephilim
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_ 		2. November 2004 @ 17:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The image needs to be burned with Alcohol120% in order to write the protection back to the disc properly. Decrypter can't do that :)
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Molder
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_ 		2. November 2004 @ 17:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for that, I have a trial of 120% somewhere.

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Aileron
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_ 		6. November 2004 @ 18:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is it only disk 1 that has the Safedisk copy protection?
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_ 		7. November 2004 @ 11:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I don't have that particular game so I can't tell you exactly which disc is protected but normally only the play disc is protected. You can use A-Ray scanner to verify which one is protected :)

http://www.aray-software.com/
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Aileron
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_ 		7. November 2004 @ 11:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
*sigh* I'm still running up against a brick wall....or splash screen ;) with this one.

Even after re-doing Disk 1 with the safedisk protection, and a slower speed (4x) (I'm using Alcohol120), it still gives that error message.

Did anyone ever find a definative (eaily explainable) way around this?
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pollushon
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_ 		7. November 2004 @ 13:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Unfortunately with this Safedisc 3.2 protection it all comes down to your burner. Which is? Some burners are just simply not capable of producing a working backup disc, only an image. I'm guessing you have all Safedisc emulations enabled?
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Molder
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_ 		7. November 2004 @ 16:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have not been able to make a disc that will run the game, I can install off the disc but it won't run the game, I read a bit more in other forums here and concluded I don't have the right burner to burn safe disc protection.

Ho hum.

M
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