Best Way to Image a Protected CD?

[LaBBa]

Hi all

I have just found out that some one in my contry has cracked the CD protection of a newer version of the application i'm trying to crack
i don't know if this new version is like my version that comes with 2 CDs
maybe this version came with 1 DVD.

he added a file that he called : appName.emu
and it's a binary file with this header :

CD001
 GEAR CD/DVD PREMASTERING        GEAR SOFTWARE  2007032013494800200703201349480019830320130322002007032013032200

well i check and there is an application that create a CD copy called GEAR SOFTWARE but i don't see anything spcial about this app.

the Cracker also patch the application so it will read from file .emu data when trying to boot from CD

does any one knows about this kind of CD protection that need to be cracked like so ?

and i don't understand how did he make this dump file and make the application read this when needed... (i don't have the original exe file of this new version so i can't compare it)

i have added the emu file that was added to crack this newer app

regards,
LaBBa.