I am very knew and have no idea what i am doin but would appreciate help very much

[ccdawg13]

Ok i am very new and dont have a clue to what i am doing. I am attempting to make a backup of the sims living large. i have copied the cd and dont know what to do since it will not run. i downloaded the patch but it is in sum crazy language to me because i dont know anything about computer programming. i searched the sims to see other posts but i have no idea what they are talking about because i dont know all the computer language so if some one can pleez tell me how to make a backup in plain english, cuz im a moron, then i would greatly appreciate it.