I have just bought ps2

1 Have the USA PS2 mod-chipped to play back-ups

2 Use CDR-WIN to copy your PAL PS2 Games onto hard disk

3 Use PPF-OMATIC to patch the hard disk image

4 Use CDR-WIN to burn the PAL PS2 Game back to CDR

5 For absolute assurance (as I did) buy an NTSC to PAL signal convertor otherwise your games may play B&W on a PAL TV

All the above can be found in detail via megagames.com or by searching through past correspondence on this site.

If I've omitted anything important, the wiser folk will no doubt pounce.