Just some follow up, the backup I've created runs fine on my other system (should have thought about that before I waste so many cds ) the problem turnout to be that WC3 have cdr protection, it will not allow backup to run in a cdr/cdrw, so just play it in normal cdrom and it should work. Thanks everyone.

Read & Write Speeds...
 

I've don't know if this is will be of any help to anyone, but I noticed when trying to copy wc3, it won't let me read the CD at 1x, it jsut jump's to 4x. (this is using Clone CD 4)
And the write speeds shouldn't matter does it?....(correct me if I'm wrong)
I mean as long as you can get a good image to burn from, the result of what speed you burn at should affect the outcome. should it?

You could enable Hide CD-R Media in the Clone CD Tray if you want to play from a burner.

How do you enable this hide cd-r method? are you using clonecd4? I created my backup using clonecd3. Thanks.

If the Clone CD Tray isn't already running in the bottom right hand side of your screen, then start it up from your Start menu. Then right click on it and make sure the tick is beside Hide CD-R Media.

If it is grayed out it is because your regional settings are set to USA or Japan. You could change the regional settings or use this tool.