How do I "backup" Silent Scope

[SimonBradley]

I am having difficulty backing up ps2 games. I have a Neo 2.2 modchip
and have used backups before so know how to boot them. When I try to boot my copy of silent scope using Action Replay 2 it doesn't boot and stays on the loading game ar2 screen. I tried patching the game using the UK patch from Megagames and patching with PPF-O-Matic. I burnt the CD using CDRWIN 4.0 Beta.
Can someone give me a step-by-step guide including what patch to use how to patch it where to get the patch what to patch with and how to burn as I am not sure where I am going wrong. Thanks Sim.
If possible can you email the step-by-step to [email protected] as I check me emails more frequently than this board.