To Backup or not to backup, that is the real question ?

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Hi all,

I recently bought "the sims 2".everything was going well when suddenly someone decides to crack my cd. Im now going to have to pay cash to EA for a replacement. my question is "is there any point of making a backup of the cd". thats cause if u do try to play with the backup, u get a error message saying "please insert the correct cd".

Surely there must be a way of makiung sure that "legal owners of sims 2" have a way of playing the game without the worry of the original cd becoming damaged ??? I dont want to make the same mistake and I do not want to pay another £10 for a replacement !