Newbie Alert! Help if u can!

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Hello all! Im new to burning. I have a couple of questions to make and some doubts that need to be cleared up. First of all whats the best way to copy any cd?? Record an image to the hard disk then burn it?

I have CloneCD, CDRWIN and BlindRead/Write. I hear a lot of CloneCD but i dont understand 1:1 copies, what is that???

Is it possible to backup a PSX game and be able to play it without a MOD chip?? IF so how?? If their is a site that can explain most of my doubts please post it.

Whats the best recording speed? I would like to know an efficient and fast speed that will work with out errors. My main reason for burning will be PSX games. I think i have all the necesary tools.
How do i bypass the protection some CD's have. Like Time Crisis for ###ne, they use a PSX/Libcrypt protection, how do i bypass that??

Sorry if i ask a lot. Thanks for your pacience.