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So it uses 652MB? Well many blank 74min CDRs can in fact be overburnt, and
have more capacity than stated. E.g. TDK Reflex can hold about 78mins!
In order to overburn you need a CDR that is capable of doing it eg. Yamaha
4260, Plextor? and others... And then you need software that will overburn.
Nero 3.0.6.0 has a specific feature to do this.

This shold solve this particular problem, especially as you only have to
overburn by 2MB, which most blank CDs should manage.

Boz.


Vinod Nagubadi wrote in message <6t9bkf$dvn$1...@oak.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
>Hey folks,
>
>I have successfully backed up my original, store-bought PC games using my
>Yamaha CD burner for over a year now.  Things were great until just a few
>weeks ago, when Eidos released Commandos with anti CD burning copy
>protection.
>
>Eidos started this type of copy protection with Commandos, and now Westwood
>followed suit with Dune 2000.
>
>The Commandos protection is a bit different from that in D2k.  Whereas Dune
>2000 contains just over 650MB of *real* data (around 652MB), Eidos put, in
>addition to real game files, four 680MB dummy files that are checked by the
>Commandos .exe program file.
>
>The end result is the same.  Older (and some new) CD-ROM drives may have
>trouble with this technically illegal disc.  Thankfully, my second
>generation DVD drive read Dune 2000 (and Commandos) just fine.
>
>Apparently, for Commandos, a CD copy protection crack exists.  However, one
>for Dune 2000 has not yet surfaced.
>
>I have tried messing with the Dune 2000 CD layout to reduce the size of the
>disc to no avail.  While the disc *can* be created on a CD recorder just
>fine without the "Internet" directory, which contains 90MB of useless ISP
>files for those of us that already have an internet connection, the newly
>burned CD *cannot* be used in multiplayer mode on Westwood online - just
>before launching the game in Westwood Chat, you get an Invalid CD error
>message that sends you all the way back to the main Dune 2000 game menu.
>
>Note that the Internet directory does NOT contain any files necessary for
>playing Dune 2000 in any mode.  The directory just has files for three
>different Internet Service Providers.
>
>The only option left, that I can see, is backing up your original copy of
>Dune 2000 with an 80 minute CDR blank (as opposed to a standard, 74 minute
>disc).  I checked into these discs and found some rather alarming
>information.
>
>Normal 74 minute/650MB discs can be had at many retailers for as little as
>75 cents per disc.  It is a far different story for 80 minute discs.
>
>You might think that an extra 6 minutes shouldn't cost too much more, but
>because so few 80 minute blanks are actually produced and sold, their price
>is atronomical.  After calling 10 storage media mail order retailers, only
2
>even carried this type of blank disc.  One store sold them for a whopping
>$49 per disc!! The other sold them at $38 per disc.
>
>Needless to say, if you purchase Dune 2000 at Electronics Boutique for
>$39.99 and then send in your mail-in rebate, the $29.99 purchase price for
>the game is actually cheaper than making a backup copy of the original!!!
>
>So much for backing up my games if publishers keep this up,
>
>Vinod Nagubadi
>
>