Dumping SafeDisc CD's

ssjkakaroto
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Re: Dumping SafeDisc CD's

Post by ssjkakaroto »

My plextor can't dump this disc and my other drives don't support d8 command, so I can't use the /rc option in DIC.
I'm trying to dump the disc with CD Manipulator to see if I can get consistent results.
reentrant
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Re: Dumping SafeDisc CD's

Post by reentrant »

D8 for Safedisc is only to speed up ripping process. Erroneous sectors are read in scrambled mode and the drive does not verify EDC/ECC.

What is really important is C2 option that guarantees that dump is perfect, without it you're never sure if the dumps is correct or not...
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darksabre76
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Re: Dumping SafeDisc CD's

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I'm going to do some gravedigging here, so I apologize in advance. I recently came across the issue of trying to detect SafeDisc v3/4 without ProtectionId. There seem to be no public instructions out there on how these protections are actually found. If anyone here has even the slightest conceptual idea, I'd love to hear it. Thanks in advance!
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Re: Dumping SafeDisc CD's

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darksabre76 wrote:I'm going to do some gravedigging here, so I apologize in advance. I recently came across the issue of trying to detect SafeDisc v3/4 without ProtectionId. There seem to be no public instructions out there on how these protections are actually found. If anyone here has even the slightest conceptual idea, I'd love to hear it. Thanks in advance!
AFAIK the only way is to scan the game .exe
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