Diablo 2 CD-Key problems (I think)

[Erdrick Holmes]

I have the D2 LOD expansion pack, I burned it on a CD-R becuase I lost the origional disc along with the packaging that came with the CD Key. Key generators won't work because when I use one the game will install but when I try to play the expansion set it says "Please insert Diablo 2 LOD expansion disc" I think the key from the generator migh be to blame. can anyone help me out?

Also can anyone give me an unused Key if possible?

[Endless]

The key is not the problem. The copy is.

To make it short, CDs nowadays are copyprotected so that when you make a copy of it, you necessarily lose the information that certifies it's an original, and when you play a copy of it, the program check if it's an original or not, and if not, politely asks you to insert an original.

[Citizen Bleys]

I think CloneCD is able to make a flawless copy; Most cd-burning programs, though, ignore bad sectors, so a lot of software companies intentionally write bad sectors to their CDs as a way of copy protection.

[Erdrick Holmes]

Damn you Nero

[Citizen Bleys]

I thought Nero could do it, too *shrug*

[crono_logical]

No, I don't think Nero can. CloneCD and BlindWrite will copy the "bad" sectors though to give you a perfect copy though. Blindwrite also has some other thing that'll make sure the layout of the sectors is also identical on the copy, although that crashed my PC last time I tried to see how it worked

[Erdrick Holmes]

Is it possible to download Clone CD and will clone CD make an imagefile with the exact file information of the CD so I can burn it later? Because the only CD-Rom drive in my system is my burner.

[crono_logical]

Of course. In fact, I usually only do the ripping to a file on the HD and don't burn a backup disc, since I can stuff the CD image into a virtual CD drive instead and get HD speed CDs then

[Erdrick Holmes]

Point me in the direction of CD Clone.

[Endless]

While these programs might be able to do a 1:1 copy, you need to remember that both the drive you read from and the drive you write with need to be able to handle such protections.

More explanations <a href="http://spacetarget.com/games/gcw_cd-backup.shtml">here</a>.

[Dr Unne]

They make no-CD cracks for games, which are nice if you want to copy an entire CD to your HD for example so that it runs faster. Maybe search for no-CD cracks.

[Erdrick Holmes]

Unne I only have like 1.8 gigs of HD space left. I hate my sucky HD so no CD cracks won't work.

[Shoyku]

Also, while using cracks, you won't be able to play on Battle.net, and that's no good.

[Yamaneko]

http://www.megagames.com/cracks/html/c31040_0.htm

Might find something of interest there.