:furious: Hi can someone pls help me i have installed Generals click to play it then this comes up ("generals.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience"). I have windows xp and it is a game back up!!! Be very greatful if someone can help thanx.

Have you used the crack on the cd or is a clone.

If you have what about trying get hold of another generals.exe maybe theres a problem with the exe.

sounds like the back up didnt work. generals is protected by safedisc 2.8 and if your back up was made with cloneCd it probably wont work. clone has a problem reliably burning safedisc 2.8 games. for those I now use alcohol 120%

try and use Alcohol 120% and make the images of the *working* cd using the safedisc2 profile, then burn using the safedisc2 profile, if the burning doesnt work then update your ASPI layers

I used nero burner it said it burnerd ok

its ok now thanx everyone I got a no cd crack so it works now

gman,

the fact that nero said the burn was ok does not mean that the copy will play. the nature of safedisc 2 and other copy protections is that it does not prevent the disc from being copied. it prevents the copies from working.

the copy made with nero wont work without a no cd patch because nero does not write the pregap data on the copy so when the game checks for it and it isnt there then the game wont play. the problem with no CD cracks is that patches for the game render them useless ( until someone writes a new no CD crack for that version)

using a program like alcohol 120 you can make backup copies that work without no Cd cracks as long as you play themin a CDrom or DVD rom not a CD burner.

To dere,
I read the image with safedisc 2.
I upgraded my ASPI layers.
The read seems to work fine.
When I Attempt to burn I get this error
What would cause loss of streaming?

When I Session 01:
Track 01: Mode 1, Length: 326255(637.2 MB), Address: 000000
################################################## ###########################

####################### Dumping/Recording Progress Log #######################
AM 09:42:40 Processor info: Pentium III (0.25 um) (451MHz)
AM 09:42:40 Memory Available to Windows: 122,356 KB
AM 09:42:40 Memory Buffer size: 42 MB
AM 09:42:41 Image file loading: I:\GENERALS1.mds
AM 09:42:41 Source Info: Session: 1, Track: 1, Length: 637.2 MB / 072:30:05
AM 09:42:53 (F:) HP CD-Writer+ 8200 (3:0): Recording Method/Speed
AM 09:42:53 Simulated recording - RAW DAO - 1X (150 KB/Sec)
(F:) HP CD-Writer+ 8200 (3:0): RAW DAO Write Mode - RAW-PW(96)
AM 09:43:12 (F:) HP CD-Writer+ 8200 (3:0) - [Write Lead-In area ERROR]: -0011849 - -0000151
S:KEY - 03/0C/09 - "Write Error - Loss Of Streaming"
AM 09:43:16 (F:) HP CD-Writer+ 8200 (3:0): Recording failed!
AM 09:43:16 Error message: [03/0C/09] - Write Error - Loss Of Streaming
AM 09:43:16 (F:) HP CD-Writer+ 8200 (3:0): Simulated recording failed!
AM 09:43:17 Image file loading aborted!
AM 09:43:23 Something is wrong with the recording procedure!
Please check the log file

All u have to do is mark the safedisc profiles both in burning and recording, if the problem persists i suggest u do it in another burner:hdspin:

Originally posted by iss
gman,

. the problem with no CD cracks is that patches for the game render them useless ( until someone writes a new no CD crack for that version)

using a program like alcohol 120 you can make backup copies that work without no Cd cracks as long as you play themin a CDrom or DVD rom not a CD burner.

Ok, but when the game updates come out, it wont be long before someone bring out a new patch.

Secondly, clone will do exactly what alcohol 120 will do. Most succeses will be had using the virtual drive and mounting the image. Im not a fan of virtual drives at all, hence why I dont use alcohol and dont install it on clone. As far as I am aware alcohol will not make a working copy of every game.

Thanks everyone.
My burner was not compatible.
Tried a diiferent burner and... Success!!!
It worked in an $80 dollar CD burner!
First disk in three years that I couldn't burn. Oh well, time for a new burner.

Cheers!

hey guys. i have tried to make a backup of cc generals but everytime i try to rerun the install file almost straight after it says c & c generals cannot be found? does anyone know how to overcome this. i have used 3 types of virtual cd programs to skip the issue of a nocd patch which works gr8 on all the others but for some reason this one is being a bit*h and i cant get my head around it. and advice would be great.

my email is lukeyz2003@hotmail.com. really would appreciate any help guys coz its driving me crazy!