Protected CD

scanning a few of my own PC game CDs; The ones that mention the "what happens if Cd is U/S" option all refer for the user to send old CD to customer support for replacement

i am not too up on this however I seem to recall a similar discussion between a couple of my colleagues.
The answer being to use a sectorwise Cd copier rather than a something else. (sorry its a bit vague. Nero burner springs to mind,

If this does work I fear you may be infringing copyright

On most copy protected CD's well the game ones for PC's at least as I've never tried to copy Sega or any other platform games.

However I do remember a High Court Case over here in Australia where some guy was rechiping Play Stations and he got away with coping the CD's but was convicted on the Idea that the copies that he was selling where actual Sony CD's.

So here at least it's not illegial to make copies of CD's for personal use but for profit that is a different story.

Actually from memory Microsoft instructed everyone to make copies of the install floppies when their programs and OS's came out on those. So even Microsoft must admit that making copies for personal use is OK!

It's worth a try. Take your original CD and make an ISO copy of it and with something like ISO Recorder then click on the ISO image and let your CD recording software do the rest. I don't know if it will work but it is certianly worth a try and if it works you can then invest in a better ISO making piece of Software.