How to copy protected CD-ROM to digital format [on hold]

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I have a old CD video game I bought what I would like to convert to digital format (iso). The game is "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004". I used to play it with wine.



I notice the latest laptop and desktop don't always have CD/DVD player. Moreover CD take space, are slow and can be damaged or lost. So i would like to have a backup.



I know what I am asking is maybe not legal but I don't think it can be a problem since it's an old game.



I don't have issue to copy the first 3 CD-ROM.



For the CD4, I can access all the files without any issue. But when I try to copy to iso file with dd, gnome utilities or brasero, after 1-2Mb it says some sectors are damaged or unreadable and don't go further.



I'm pretty sure it's not damaged but cause of the protection.
Any idea to copy it to iso ?






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    There's nothing particularly numerical about iso files. You haven't said anything about what happens when you try to copy it, but if it's a data cd and dd won't read it, it might be physically damaged, in which case nothing can really help you, but ddrescue might be able to read more of the data.
    – Henrik
    8 hours ago










  • @Henrik I think that's more a translation issue or choice of words. Consider "digital file format" if you like, instead of "numerical format".
    – roaima
    6 hours ago










  • @henrik A number of copy protection systems from that era deliberately "damaged" part of the CD-ROM, on the theory that a copy program would ignore those sectors. Then the protection system could check the CD and if those "damaged" sectors weren't present, it was a copied CD and the game would refuse to run.
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    4 hours ago














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I have a old CD video game I bought what I would like to convert to digital format (iso). The game is "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004". I used to play it with wine.



I notice the latest laptop and desktop don't always have CD/DVD player. Moreover CD take space, are slow and can be damaged or lost. So i would like to have a backup.



I know what I am asking is maybe not legal but I don't think it can be a problem since it's an old game.



I don't have issue to copy the first 3 CD-ROM.



For the CD4, I can access all the files without any issue. But when I try to copy to iso file with dd, gnome utilities or brasero, after 1-2Mb it says some sectors are damaged or unreadable and don't go further.



I'm pretty sure it's not damaged but cause of the protection.
Any idea to copy it to iso ?






dd data-cd games







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    There's nothing particularly numerical about iso files. You haven't said anything about what happens when you try to copy it, but if it's a data cd and dd won't read it, it might be physically damaged, in which case nothing can really help you, but ddrescue might be able to read more of the data.
    – Henrik
    8 hours ago










  • @Henrik I think that's more a translation issue or choice of words. Consider "digital file format" if you like, instead of "numerical format".
    – roaima
    6 hours ago










  • @henrik A number of copy protection systems from that era deliberately "damaged" part of the CD-ROM, on the theory that a copy program would ignore those sectors. Then the protection system could check the CD and if those "damaged" sectors weren't present, it was a copied CD and the game would refuse to run.
    – Shadur
    4 hours ago












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I have a old CD video game I bought what I would like to convert to digital format (iso). The game is "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004". I used to play it with wine.



I notice the latest laptop and desktop don't always have CD/DVD player. Moreover CD take space, are slow and can be damaged or lost. So i would like to have a backup.



I know what I am asking is maybe not legal but I don't think it can be a problem since it's an old game.



I don't have issue to copy the first 3 CD-ROM.



For the CD4, I can access all the files without any issue. But when I try to copy to iso file with dd, gnome utilities or brasero, after 1-2Mb it says some sectors are damaged or unreadable and don't go further.



I'm pretty sure it's not damaged but cause of the protection.
Any idea to copy it to iso ?






dd data-cd games







share|improve this question















I have a old CD video game I bought what I would like to convert to digital format (iso). The game is "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004". I used to play it with wine.



I notice the latest laptop and desktop don't always have CD/DVD player. Moreover CD take space, are slow and can be damaged or lost. So i would like to have a backup.



I know what I am asking is maybe not legal but I don't think it can be a problem since it's an old game.



I don't have issue to copy the first 3 CD-ROM.



For the CD4, I can access all the files without any issue. But when I try to copy to iso file with dd, gnome utilities or brasero, after 1-2Mb it says some sectors are damaged or unreadable and don't go further.



I'm pretty sure it's not damaged but cause of the protection.
Any idea to copy it to iso ?






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    There's nothing particularly numerical about iso files. You haven't said anything about what happens when you try to copy it, but if it's a data cd and dd won't read it, it might be physically damaged, in which case nothing can really help you, but ddrescue might be able to read more of the data.
    – Henrik
    8 hours ago










  • @Henrik I think that's more a translation issue or choice of words. Consider "digital file format" if you like, instead of "numerical format".
    – roaima
    6 hours ago










  • @henrik A number of copy protection systems from that era deliberately "damaged" part of the CD-ROM, on the theory that a copy program would ignore those sectors. Then the protection system could check the CD and if those "damaged" sectors weren't present, it was a copied CD and the game would refuse to run.
    – Shadur
    4 hours ago












  • 1




    There's nothing particularly numerical about iso files. You haven't said anything about what happens when you try to copy it, but if it's a data cd and dd won't read it, it might be physically damaged, in which case nothing can really help you, but ddrescue might be able to read more of the data.
    – Henrik
    8 hours ago










  • @Henrik I think that's more a translation issue or choice of words. Consider "digital file format" if you like, instead of "numerical format".
    – roaima
    6 hours ago










  • @henrik A number of copy protection systems from that era deliberately "damaged" part of the CD-ROM, on the theory that a copy program would ignore those sectors. Then the protection system could check the CD and if those "damaged" sectors weren't present, it was a copied CD and the game would refuse to run.
    – Shadur
    4 hours ago







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There's nothing particularly numerical about iso files. You haven't said anything about what happens when you try to copy it, but if it's a data cd and dd won't read it, it might be physically damaged, in which case nothing can really help you, but ddrescue might be able to read more of the data.
– Henrik
8 hours ago




There's nothing particularly numerical about iso files. You haven't said anything about what happens when you try to copy it, but if it's a data cd and dd won't read it, it might be physically damaged, in which case nothing can really help you, but ddrescue might be able to read more of the data.
– Henrik
8 hours ago












@Henrik I think that's more a translation issue or choice of words. Consider "digital file format" if you like, instead of "numerical format".
– roaima
6 hours ago




@Henrik I think that's more a translation issue or choice of words. Consider "digital file format" if you like, instead of "numerical format".
– roaima
6 hours ago












@henrik A number of copy protection systems from that era deliberately "damaged" part of the CD-ROM, on the theory that a copy program would ignore those sectors. Then the protection system could check the CD and if those "damaged" sectors weren't present, it was a copied CD and the game would refuse to run.
– Shadur
4 hours ago




@henrik A number of copy protection systems from that era deliberately "damaged" part of the CD-ROM, on the theory that a copy program would ignore those sectors. Then the protection system could check the CD and if those "damaged" sectors weren't present, it was a copied CD and the game would refuse to run.
– Shadur
4 hours ago















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