If you're concerned about the safety of your PS2 games, as you well should be, you should seriously consider finding a way to backup your PS2 game disks. You undoubtedly know that the PS2 games are copy protected and can't be copied using the same software that enables you to copy music and videos. Some naysayers claim that you cannot make good backup copies of PS2 games; that there is no burn PS2 games software available on the market can do the job. That is absolute rubbish. You can find downloadable software to burn PS2 games that can bypass the PS2 games' copy protection scheme, and enable you to make those needed backups.

Begin by conducting a Bing or Google search of the Internet. Search for software to burn PS2 games, and you'll get a large number of hits. Take some time and review several of the websites to see what they have to offer. Choose whichever of the programs seems to be the best for your needs, and download it. Be very careful, however, when making that selection. Some of these websites that offer free software to burn PS2 games may download viruses or other malware along with the program. Some of the programs may not even work, and be download specifically to plant viruses on your computer. Check with fellow gamers. You can benefit from their experience about the best software to burn PS2 games.

Once you've downloaded and installed the best software to burn PS2 games onto your computer, you can begin making backups. The process is straightforward and simple. All of the various game copying software applications follow the same general procedures

1. Insert the original game disk and copy its files to the computer.
2. Replace the original game disk with a blank DVD disk.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions, and remove a freshly copied backup disk when indicated.

Naturally, the user interface on these different applications will differ somewhat. Most will provide you with excellent backups using a procedure fairly similar to the one given above.

Once you have a clean backup copy in hand, test it. Load it into your PS2 game console and try it out. If it doesn't work quite right, make a new backup. If it works well, as it most probably will, store away your original game disk for safekeeping, and use the backup for routine game playing. You can relax now, and never again worry about having a good clean copy of your favorite PS2 games. If you should now lose or damage a game, you can simply make a new backup disk from your safely protected original game using your burn PS2 games software.