empire earth, robot wars,help newbie

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Hi,
can anyone help me make a working backup of empire earth and robot wars? I think they are protected by securom new, I have tried using clonecd,all seems to go well, coping, installing etc,then when I try to play the games one asks for the original cd the other says kernal has caused a some thing or other error. I have a plex writer 12/10/32, and I am using the plex to read and copy the games, also I use the plex to try and play the copies. I would be grateful for any help,
cheers Keith.