<font color="cyan">I own a game and want to know how I can make a install/play disc copy out of this. Is it possible to just make a direct copy of the disc or will I have to make an Iso file or something along the lines of that?</font>

I think just a straight copy does it. I've done it a few times myself like that. If you want to be sure create an iso first if you can and then burn it as an iso image.

<font color="cyan">Ok, for example.

I'm going away to sea with my job in a few weeks, and I want to burn copys of my NWN, HotU & SoU CDs so that I can isntall and play off these CDs.

How do I make an ISO file? And do I just copy ever file of the CD into the Iso file, and it will work that way?</font>

I'd do that via the option cd copy or so. Unless copy protection turns in. But I only know linux tools to make isos.

<font color="cyan">I very much doubt that copying the cd straight will work anymore...

I'd need to make an ISO, but I have no idea how to do that!</font>

You're using Daemon Tools or Nero, right? Daemon Tools reads ISO and NRJ from nero, so you can just save the disk with Nero's disk-to-disk burn option, and choose the Disk Image Recorder.

<font color="cyan">I didn't really understand that, treat me as a novice lol!</font>

try getting CloneCD (search google) and copy directly. should work.

An .iso is simply a binary image of the CD - making an .iso and burning it to disk gives exactly the same results as a disc-to-disc copy. Or at least it should. Note that this is not the same thing as just copying the files.

Bypassing copy protection can be a tricky business. I generaly only read up on it when I need to backup a CD with a protection new to me. Google should turn up a fair few articles on what you need to do.

<font color="cyan">So, using Clone CD to make an exact disc to disc copy should work?

It's just I don't want to take the original CD's all the way around the world with me!</font>