all you clever people please help the old man

i am about to give up trying to back up a copy of who wants to be a millionaire,it is to complex for me to get the hang of. i have a compaq presario pc with a standard dvd rom & standard cdrw i have 3 writing programmes adaptec,clonecd&now i have also got nero. i have d/loaded patch from gcw but i still cannot back it up. please can anybody advise me is it my hardware,my programs or indeed is it me being a thicko. there must be someone who is clever, who can advise me