sim city 3000 unlimited - help a newbie

im new to all of this stuff and have been trying to make a backup copy of my new sim city 3k unlimited but with no luck. Please help me and tell me all that I need to do. I'm assuming after searching the files on the cd that it has safedisk protection. I am also thinking that since my burner gets errors when i try to burn it that it has some sort of laserlock. Can any kind soul walk me through this process?