please help with backups ! I am new to this

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make sure "fast error skip" is ticked in read, as the protection (safedisc2) has read errors on the disc which drives take ages to read.

You would be better off downloading ClonyXL from gamecopyworld, and using that to set the right settings in CloneCD.

If your drive still takes ages, then check out daemon tools and its "fast dump" feature.

####://www.daemonshome.cjb.net