jeff@jeff.esd.sgi.com (Jeff Mock) (10/10/90)
Most music software is copy protected. I'm not out to do anything illegal, I just want to back up my software. Most music software (Opcode Vision in this case) allows the user to do a hard disk install so you can run the program without the master disk. My backup idea is as follows: Use SilverLining to make a second small partition just large enough to hold the copy protected programs. Do a hard disk install of the program onto this small partition. Make a copy of this partition, this is the backup. If disaster strikes I can restore the parition exactly as it was along with preferences stored in the resources, etc and the copy protection code will be fooled since the volume will be restored exactly as it was before the disaster. I thought DiskFit would do the job of copying and restoring the parition to the exact state including any weird copy protection thingies that the hard disk install put in the partition, but it doesn't. Does anyone know of a program that will make an *exact* copy of a hard disk volume? Is there another way to backup these kind of programs? jeff mock jeff@sgi.com
chin@marilyn.bion.kth.se (Kiyoyuki Chinzei) (10/10/90)
In article <1990Oct9.212052.20300@odin.corp.sgi.com> jeff@jeff.esd.sgi.com (Jeff Mock) writes: > Most music software is copy protected. I'm not out to do anything > illegal, I just want to back up my software. ... > Use SilverLining to make a second small partition just large enough to > hold the copy protected programs. > Do a hard disk install of the program onto this small partition. You have another good thing to store that kind of program by this way. You can use the disk optimizer like DiskExpress on your "main" HD. Usually such copy-protection method rejects the optimization. Pity. Personally I think programs of that kind often do spoil the maximum ability of the computer and tend to dominate user also. I agree Mr. Richard Stallman on this point. -- ============================================== Kiyoyuki CHINZEI (chin@bion.kth.se) Computational Vision & Active Perception lab. The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden ==============================================
drg@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu (David Gutierrez) (10/10/90)
In article <1990Oct9.212052.20300@odin.corp.sgi.com> jeff@jeff.esd.sgi.com (Jeff Mock) writes: > Most music software is copy protected. I'm not out to do anything illegal, I just > want to back up my software. A better approach might be to buy a copy of HD Utility from FWB Software. It can remove copy protection from most music software and they're pretty good about keeping up to date on new releases of software. I agree that it's very inconvenient to have to deal with copy-protected software on a hard disk. David Gutierrez drg@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu "Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard
Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr (Patrick Hayes) (10/11/90)
Copy protection is even more prevalent here in europe than in the states :-( Self defense has led me to the same point that Jeff Mock is. I've found that "soft" partitions like that included in SUM do the job in this case. Indeed, SUM Partition creates a hidden file in the root folder of a hard disk that even the finder can back up. I dont know if this work will work for you, but i've used it upon occasion (usually until I find an un-copy-protected concurrent). Pat -- +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Patrick Hayes | EMail : Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr | | BULL CEDIAG | or hayes@bull.fr | | 68, Route de Versailles | or ...!mcvax!inria!bullfr!hayes | | F-78430 Louveciennes FRANCE | Tel : (33 1) 39 02 49 55 | +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+