- Reading Tests

To create the image of the various protected titles to the hard disk, we used Alcohol 120% software with the appropriate settings, according to the protection type of the inserted disc. Below you can see the duration of each process as well as the transfer rate in each case.

The protected games used to test ripping capabilities...

Not bad with any of the above cases in protected games ripping. Samsung drives traditionally perform well with safedisc protected games. In our case, the SH-W162C managed to complete the Safedisc ripping in only 4mins.

- Writing Tests

For checking the drive's EFM correction status, we used 5 different game titles with different SafeDisc 2 versions having the latest software patches installed. After making the images of the various titles onto the hard disk, we burned them (maximum speed) with Alcohol 120% v1.9.2.1705. Two different discs were created for each title; one with the "Bypass EFM error" enabled and one more with the function disabled.

- FIFA 2004 - Safe Disc v3.1x
- The Sims Superstar - Safe Disc v2.9x
- The Sims Unleashed - Safe Disc v2.8x
- Serious Sam Second Encounter - Safe Disc v2.51.021
- Max Payne - Safe Disc v2.51.020

The table below shows the results of the attempted backups and whether they worked (game installed / played normally), or not.

Excellent performance. Note that the Samsung SH-W162C is one of the very few drives that can successfully create working backups of SafeDisc v3.1.