On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 04:21:09PM +0200, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Op vr 26-09-2003, om 02:17 schreef Carla Schroder: > > If it's Office 2000 or older, a simple disk copy will work. If it's XP, I > > don't know. If an ordinary disk copy does not work, try the dd command, as > > it does a literal byte-by-byte copy. This should take care of any > > odd/hidden/sekkrit bits. > > Not always. I tried dd once to make copy of a game i have and a program > (both legitimate copies of mine :) ) and after dd'ing and cdrecording > them, the copies where no good. > They were also for a win platform so there might be some parameters you > have to add for that to cdrecord, i'm not sure. But i've always wondered > why it worked with cdclone and not with the linux tools.
I remember that some CDs of windows software (especially games) used certain tricks to make sure you didn't copy them (the game could detect if they were running off a copied cd). And you had to patch your executable to be able to run them. Bijan -- Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.crasseux.com
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