someone put me out of my misery please!

[sinbad]

ive been trying to patch various games such as soul reaver,tarzan,ape escape etc,but every time they get to the protected stage the cd just coasts,i never have a problem with unprotected games and i know im using the correct patches and settings etc for cdrwin/ppf-o-matic,but it never works.Ive tried clone cd but apparently my writer cannot read sub-channel data does this mean i'm wasting my time trying to patch protected games? if so,so be it and i'll stop wasting my cdrs