Trying to backup a PSX game... need some help

[XxCrashxX]

Ok yeah you do have to buy a boot disc because a playstation cannot read a normal burnt cd. Explanation:

Ok a playstaion looks for certain bad sectors (copy protection) on a psx cd or in this case a boot cd a boot cd gives its own set of bad data and a country code for your psx to read then it says please insert you games cd etc. so now your psx has already checked for bad sectors and a country code and loads up the cd. A normal cd burner cannot write those bad sectors. So in closing you must by a boot cd.

Now if your psx was modded you could use a boot cd but if you haven't guessed it that kinda defeats the purpose. It seems like kind of a waste to blow 25 bucks just to see if your doing it right. You could try it out on a playstaion emulator like epsxe. That would save you on the whole cd ordeal plus you would have to order it from some website if you need help with the emulator thing just ask

oh yeah and the label on the bottom tells its release code

scph 1000
scph 3000
scph 5000
scph 7000
scph 9000

thats just the base the real numbers will be like scph 7052
I belive the only ones the swao trick will work on is the scph 1000