In response to a request for help from another Forum member I proved that the Jap Original verion of WE5 does copy and work as a backup. But my system is Jap PS2 and this was achieved with CDRWIN, Universal Patcher, PS2 Utility Disk for Booting, backup copy for playing. I also applied the Jap-->English patch and it all worked. I'm now trying to get it working on PAL/NEO2 kit and will let you know.

BTW go to http://www.megagames.com/ps2/ps2_utils_files.shtml for a load of patchers. FARGO (a DOS program) looks useful; but Universal Patcher works for me.

Hope this helps