GTA3 and Medal or Honor backups

[junkygreeny]

I wish to make backups of my 2 best games, GTA3
and Medal of Honor: Allied Assult. I have an
Atapi 32x10x40 CDRW and CloneCD 4.0.1.9

The details that CloneCD gives me on my CDRW are:

Device Capabilities:
Note: This information is provided by the unit, it might be inaccurate. CloneCD does not use this information!
Manufacturer: ATAPI
Product: CD-R/RW 32X10
Revision: T.JA
Can read CD-R Discs: Yes
Can read CD-RW Discs: Yes
Can read DVD Discs: No
Can read MultiSession Discs: Yes
Can read Digital Audio Discs: Yes
Digital Audio Data is accurate: Yes
Can write CD-R Discs: Yes
Can write CD-RW Discs: Yes
Compatible with CloneCD RAW-DAO: Yes
Compatible with CloneCD RAW-DAO Write Simulation: Yes
Supports writing of CD+G RAW-DAO: Yes
Compatible with CloneCD RAW-SAO: Yes
Compatible with CloneCD RAW-SAO Write Simulation: Yes
Supports Buffer Underrun Protection: Yes


I notice both these games are protected by safe disc v2, will I be able to copy them by writing an image file to my HD then writing the image to cd? I successfuly backed up Dungeon Siege by doing this.

Can someone give me step by step instructions on how to back my games up, I desperatly want to do this as these are my favourite games and I would be gutted if the disc got scratched beyond repair or got stolen, I don't want to use a no cd patch as I hear this can cause problems when updating games. I realize that there are many other posts on this subject but I have searched through them without any luck. Prehaps this could be made a sticky post so that all other people can read step by step instructions.

I have also seen the backup patch on the mega games web site, is this suitable to use and if so how do I use it?

I am running windows XP home and I also have Prassi Primo CD Plus software.

Thanks so much in advance.