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Hi all... I hate to do this to you guys but I need to know some things...

Problem #1:
I recently purchased a LiteOn 16x10x40 cdrw that says it has burn proof technology. (It came with Nero Burning Rom software) Anyway, according to the installation instructions I was to install the cdrw as the secondary master (yes, I changed the jumper) and the original CD-ROM (an I/O Magic 52x) as the primary slave to the hard drive (yes, jumper changed here as well). Problem was that in the bios it would show both CD's as the primary slave and the secondary master but it wouldn't recognize the hard drive at all unless I disconnected the original CD-ROM from it's primary slave position. I want to have both CD drives installed so I can copy from one to the other if needed. My system is an Athlon 800 with 128 MB of RAM running Windows 98se. I have about 8 GB of space open. If it matters I also have a Voodoo 3 graphics card.

Problem #2:

I want to make back up copies of my original Windows 98 se disk, and also of The Sims, and The Sims House Party. I got it to copy from the original disk to the hard drive, then write to a cdrw disk, but then the drive wouldn't recognize the disk. Kept saying drive not ready. One thing I can tell you... Nero Burning Rom's help file is less then helpful. Anyway, I know that The Sims, etc. are copy protected. How do I go about making a back up. I know I need to download special software, but which one is the best? THANK YOU!