copy a game CD to save it for my grandson

I want to copy a game CD so my grandson can save the original and use the copy to actually play the game. He is a great kid, but he is only 7 and still gets scratches on the CDs. He is learning! Anyway, I tried to copy the CD using Nero Burning Rom 6.6.0.8 and got an error message that says: Unrecoverable read error at 00:15:41

Is this a form of copyright protection or is something wrong with the CD? This is probably a dumb question but I don't know what the error message means. I don't want to do anything illegal but as I understand the copyright law a person is entitled to make one backup copy of a CD for their own personal use. I'm not giving this CD to anyone else!

I have Nero 6 Ultra Suite. I have Windows XP. I am trying to make a working copy of Need For Speed:High Stakes. Is there a way to make a CD that will work to run the game?

Thank you for your help
Bonnie

 

the cd is most likly damaged in some way try to clean the cd with alcohol iuse alcohol prep pads if this will not help you may have a damaged disc

 

Please do not double post

 

Try downloading clonecd from slysoft and give that a go instead of nero.
Failing that use alcohol 52 or 120.

 

Post your question only once,
(In the appropraite forum).

Ya, first you're going to need A-ray scanner.

Run the program and it will detect the type of protction on your disc.
You can then use alcohol 120%
Select image making wizard and
(select the same protection that was detected before),
For image type I would select .iso
And copy (the game image) to your harddrive.

You can then mount the images to a virtual drive.
Or if you want to burn a backup select 'image BURNING wizard'.
And choose the same protection in the burn settings and burn a backup of your game.

I sent you a pm as well.
Good luck and welcome to the forums.

 

I am very sorry. I have no idea how my message got posted twice! Even as a newbie I know better than that!!!

I also don't know how I ended up posting in this forum - I started out in the Nero forum.

I searched like a good newbie for a prior post addressing my question before I posted anything. I think my search led me astray... I think that's how I ended up here.

Should I go back to the Nero forum??? You guys all seem so nice!
Bonnie

 

No worries everyone makes mistakes.
Just wanted to make you aware nothing more.
Using the two tools I mentioned you should be able to make that backup.
I sent you a PM also,
Let me know if you have any troubles.
We are glad to have you here.


good luck