Cant get backup-image of Madden NFL 2006 to work

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Windows: XP
Tools: Alcohol 120%; Nero 7; Safedisc 4 Hider (exe); Daemon Tools 4.x

I baught Madden 06 a month ago, though I havent been playing all month...
Recently, I started to play... on and off, but I also decided to make a CD copy at first. My CD copies all didnt work... they were not recognized. So after getting fustrated by wasting 4 CDs, i decided to try the "image" method. I first started using trial version of Nero 7 to burn an image. The images didnt work; you still get message of "please insert cd". I am pretty sure i most likely didnt do something right, but it was too complicated for me. It was easier to use alcohol 120 and i tried at first to make a mini-image and now full copy of all 3 disk, and even reinstalled using the virtual drives of Daemon tools. When i used A120, the setting was:
speed 1x
custom setting---skip read errors

i also tried using SD2/3 setting.

either way, after imaging all 3 disk and installing, was able go get past "please insert correct cd" only to meet "mainapp.exe- an error has occured" by a window-error message window.

I dont understand what im doing wrong. Why is my images not working?
I even tried using the SD4 hider and yet it had NO effect.

I searched some post about Madden 06 back up creation but they lead no where... as far as i could UNDERSTAND...

Can someone please help and provide some info on this?

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER TRYED MAKING AN IMAGE BACKUP...
i know nothing about it.