Now, before I begin, I want to note that this thread is not intended to be about emulation.
I recently found some of my old PS1 games today, and looked through them. A few of my favorites, most notably Legend of Dragoon, had a bit more scratches than the rest did. Now I generally am very careful with my discs, and I was sure that the scratches just came from me playing the game so much. Soon enough, I figure that the game will be essentially unplayable.
Now, on to the point. Is there any way I can backup the actual CD? I thought about ripping all 4 CD's to my computer, and then burning them onto regular blank CD's, but I'm pretty sure that my PS1 would still need modification in order to get them to run, even though they aren't just one giant .ISO file. So, do I have any real options for keeping my games around and playable?
Also, if this thread belongs in a different area, feel free to move it.