New software review (help needed)

[cdmate]

Hi, we are looking for people to review our software and possibly give us a quote for our home page so we can link to their website! (A review from this site would be nice as there are lots of people here know how to put software through its paces)
www.cd-mate.com

CD Mate is a powerful CD backup utility that combines
the features of CloneCD and Nero with loads of other features!

It supports many features including vcd (svcd) next month!
Various format supported: Data CDs, Audio CDs, Mixed Mode CDs, CD-Extra discs, Disk Copy and Bootable-CDs are easily created
CD image files are now easily created, using state of art RAW read technology
80min, 90min, 120min CD-R/RW supported
Ability to read/write from/to RAW disc images
includes a cd label designer and mp3 player with lots of other features.

[Sefy]

CDMate, i'm just downloading and will take a look at the programs features, sounds nice by what you are saying, we'll see how user friendly it is

[cdmate]

Ok thanks sefy
The download is fully functional for 30 days, if you have any problems just let us know as the development team are always on hand to add any features you would like to see in cd mate.
Anyone else please feel welcome!
If you use clonecd or nero give us a try you will love it, it has a slightly longer learning curve but it is aimed at both the beginner and experienced uusers.

[thenewboy]

cdmate, I tried download it but getting some problems downloading. Maybe its because my 56k. I'll try again tomorrow. Jordan

[cdmate]

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On 2001-12-30 04:26:43, thenewboy wrote:
cdmate, I tried download it but getting some problems downloading. Maybe its because my 56k. I'll try again tomorrow. Jordan
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Yes sorry about it being rather a large download Jordan, we are working on taking the manual out of the download which takes approx 3mb so people with slower connections can find it easier to download.
I personally would use netzip download demon and download it a bit at a time as it saves even if you disconnect so you can continue later if any problems come up!
We really would like a review from some pretty experienced users (good or bad) if bad we will try and fix so we can link to it from a few places so if anyone can help it would be much appreciated.

[BerrantRyke]

No problems with the download.. (Broadband! *grin*)

Looks like a good proggie, will playwith it more later on, but LOOKS fantastic!

[cdmate]

Yes Berrant,
Thanks for the kind comments, we try and cater for everyones needs at cd mate!
A review will be well rewarded

[Sefy]

CDmate, looks good so far, just going over the basic functions, not too hard to understand, i'll go into more drastic with the VCD/SVCD features you got there

[sommersby]

Have downloaded it and backed up a couple of games, so far it has done 2 fine but just like all copy programs it has a big problem with games using safe disk copy protection, i.e. Operation Flashpoint, which is normal, according to all the articles I have read, no disk copy program will do these, the only way around it is to use a patched executible, oh well....lol

The program is well written though, it is easier to use than cdrwin, currently my favorite, and about the same as cdclone but with more burning options, I will try it out on bin cue files and if it does these well I will probubly use it to replace cdrwin and fireburner which is what I use now for cue bin files. Still use nero for most everything else. I will post some more results in a few days. One other thing, couldn't you of kept the trial wait to around 15 seconds.....lol

[Greg12]

CLone CD.

Set it to ignore bad sectors.

[sommersby]

I have done that and it will make a copy that when you run the program still asks for the original disk, it did work on a couple of safe disks, sims, delta force, but even with these you have to use a patched exe.

[sommersby]

what version of clone cd do you have, I have the newest two version and there is not a selection for ignor bad sectors, there is ignor bad reads? is that the same?

[cdmate]

Hi summersby, you should not need to use patches with your backup what kind of writer are you using?
Take a look at a database we set up a few weeks ago for users to submit their settings for backups.
cd mate database

[cdmate]

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On 2001-12-30 20:58:47, sommersby wrote:
I will post some more results in a few days. One other thing, couldn't you of kept the trial wait to around 15 seconds.....lol
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We thought 30 secs was reasonable considering cd mate trial is fully functional.
Could have been worse we could have only given you 5 burns or kept your writing speed to 2 times or something!