Help with Red Alert and AOE 2 Backup copies

Hi everyone I am new at the "Burning Cd's" How-To's I have cd-creator and every time I make a copy of these 2 games they will not work when I try to use them after I have made image files for both but they still do not work I know they are proabably secured but I don't know what to use to break these securitys to make backup copies of these games and when I try to search around in the forums It seems like a foreign language for me because I do not know what to look for If someone can give me somehelp in this area I would greatly appreciate it. Signed dumbbutt!!!!