Well, it mostly depends on which writer and software you have...in the forums it's plenty of messages concerning this game, you can have a look if you go on the "search" page and type "stronghold" in it, then choose gcw and pc games ....you will find a lot of answers. Btw, you MUST have a burner which has the capability to support "correct EFM encoding", that's necessary to perfectly copy Safedisc 2 protected games (like Stronghold) that can be then launched from a normal CD-reader, otherwise, you can copy it normally, then apply the patch that you can find in gcw....So the question is....which burner and software you have?

Hope that this can help

Robaerus