[kcodd]

If you are talking about the orig. Sims game it is sd2 I think, but not the new sd2.51.
What writer are you using?
I have copied this game with a HP 8200, 9100, plex 24x, liteon 24x.
Depends on the speed of the writer, but yes it can take awile for the first 5 to 10 pct.
Use clonyxl and then load to clonecd from there and let it do its job.
KC........

Im sorry you did say it was a lite-on 24x.
I think it took me about 10 min. to copy this disk at 16x because 16x media was all I had. I still have not bought any 24x media yet...lol.
Like I said above use clonyxl then load clonecd from there and copy away.
Another thought: what type of media are you using, and what reader are you using?