The best tool available is Protection ID as it detects all available CD protections & is updated regularly! Clony XXL is also a good alternative but is not updated anymore!

Here is a complete overview of these tools, available CD Media World: There are a few utilities available which can identify which CD Protection is being used on your game CDs. It is however still possible to make a backup but additional tools are required to remove the actually protection (see Non RAW Backups ). When it is not possible to select the RAW Mode then most likely the CD-Reader or CD-Writer does not support this mode. Alcohol 120% - The best available Game Backup software currently available!.The only thing required is a CD-Reader & CD-Writer which can read & write RAW DAO & Sub-Channel Data and software which supports writing in RAW Mode with Sub-Channel Data.

It is still possible to create working Backups of most Copy Protected game CDs without the use of additional patches. There for we've created this article on how to make a working backup of a Protected Game CD or when this is not possible, because of hardware limitation, to at least be able to play a Protected Game CD from an imperfect backup. The previous The Best CD-Reader article was totally outdated as we now know more about the SafeDisc & SecuROM protections than back when it was written.

CD-Writers supporting RAW DAO & Sub-Channel Data.

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