I have a Tdk 161040x and a NEC 8500 NRA
I have Alcohol 120%, Clone CD 4.2 and BlindWrite 4.9.

As far as I know..none of my writers can encode EFM though I have successfully defeated earlier protections of SD2 without the need of emulation

Now I'm having trouble..
I tried burning a backup of SimCity 4 with CloneCD - failed (Please insert correct cd-rom)
With Alcohol.. same as above
With BlindWrite.. copied.... ran the game.. it crashed..but no mention of protection

Please note emulation was turned off..
Judging on the results..BlindWrite may work..but I need the steps and settings.
Thanks in advance
shahzadsk

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