Hi m8ty
Have backed up italian job (uk/pal) and used clone cd and it works fine.It was only a few weeks later that i found that the game had protection on it ,so i patched it with cdrwin and it works fine also.
Now i don't know if you are using a 'cracked' version of cdrwin or just a evaluation version,but this program is heavily protected against piracy and if so will just write coasters.
The other prob could lie in the disc you are trying to back up,if it is scratched or so on,also you haven't said what reader and r/w you are using,because if they will not support raw mode96 or reading of sub-channel data your just gonna make more coasters.
Try
www.elaborate-bytes.com and see if you cdr/rw is compatible(100% that is)and look in cdclone when you run it to see if you are able to do the above etc.
Sorry so long winded, but hope it was of some help