need a REAL SMART burner to help me create file for upload

[bluestar]

ive read all of the posts (i think) and i understand how to burn a backup copy of a pc game ...... but how do i take a pc game off of a cd rom and make it an uploadable file that i can transfer over the net.

i'm trying to ### copy of games (thief , half life) to unit at work that does not have a cd rom installed (dell optiplex pentium 550)

was told that i need to "image" cd rom with nero but when i do that i get a single file with .nrg extension... i don't want that... i just want to be able to zip whole game into one zip file.

what's the best way to do it??? thanks....