VERY EW AND NEEDING HELP!!!!!

[]V[orpheus]

hi,
i am ne to cd writing and i need to make a backup of both my red alert 2 cd's and age of empires because of my little brother!!!
i have a 40x speed acer cd rom and a 8x4x3 speed ATAPI acer cdrw, i have availible to use, nero burning rom and a full, latest version of cdrwin. Whenever i attempt to copy each cd, i get the error that they are copyrighted! (obviously!) and i try to burn them via my harddrive but still have problems and have lost many cd's due to this! i am quite new also, to using my software and would greatly appreciate any help at all!!! PLEASE!!!!