Doing the "CD to DVD Conversion" question

[Monty Burns]

It is of course NOT the same if you make an image or simply copy the cd contents to your hd.

BUT, if you first do an image and then extract the files from the image, it is the same as just copying all the files from the cd directly.

"Copy all files to hd" means file copy, no need to do an image first.

[Grumpy]

@Sublime 4 Life
Yes we mean just to drag the files to a temp folder using Windows Explorer.
Basically it is rare with todays protections to be able to create a perfect 1:1 copy of a disc anyway! That is why we say to include a 'crack' folder.
Even if you were to use say Alcohol 120 or CloneCD, to create a backup, it would more than likely still need a NoCD crack to play anyway.
So just follow the readme's and use Windows Explorer to copy the files to the hardrive. Then edit what the readme's say, add the crack folder, serials, Update patches, game manuals etc to the temp directory. Then burn the contents of the temp directory to a DVD using Nero or another similiar program. Then you will have the game CD's backed up to one DVD. The game will install fine from that DVD but you will need the cracked exe to be able to play that game!
If there isnt a crack available for a game then there is no point backing the game up to a DVD.
Hope that explains it for you.