I'm totally new and would really appreciate some help

I would like to backup some of my original cd's but don't know the exact process.
I have an Acer cdrw 8x4x32. Should I use Nero or other software?
Is it as simple as creating a cd image from the original disc to your hard drive and then burn the cd from that. I see that patches are talked about a lot. Are they for secruity. Do you you have to insert a patch into the image before you burn it?
Is it best to burn at low speeds to ensure success?
To run a newly burned cd do you have to rename and replace the game.exe file with teh cracked file?

Sorry about all the questions, any help would be greatly appreciated

Russ

Hi, all the answers and imformation you require are listed either in this forum or on this website. If you read back a little you'll learn a lot.

Good luck.