- Reading Tests

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

Very good ripping speed in all cases, first with the PSX and Safedisc protection ( safedisc a particulary hard protection which most drives can't read in below an hour span), even in the last graph, though fast it came last, with insignificant speed difference.

- Writing Tests

The drive supports the DAO-RAW writing mode. To verify the drive's EFM correction status, we used 5 different game titles with different SafeDisc 2 versions having the latest software patches installed. After copying 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 another one with the function being 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.

The LG GSA-5160D can only backup accurately up to SD v2.8 and SD v.29 with EFM off. Even there, this is an improvement in comparison to other drives.