help me pleaseeeeee!

[hlw]

hi all

i'm new to this back up thing
here's the story, i'm trying to back up my copy of the sims-hp
i'm using clonecd and perfect copy.

my cdrom and cdrw are the standard issue with compaq pressario 5ooo desktops

when clonecd starts the read it takes about 30 mins to read 1 percent of the disc. is this normal or am i doing something wrong

thanks in advance

hlw