Copying a disc at 48x is bad. If I were to make a copy of an original at 48x, then make a copy of that copy at 4x (The slowest CloneCD would let me go), would that be just as good, as copying the original at 4x?????

why dont u just copy the original at 4x to a cd-r?

Yes you could just copy the original, or if not just do the copy of a copy process that you were planning on doing. Does the 48x CD-R copy not work? Just wondering because if it's screwed up making a slower backup of it isn't going to fix the problem for you.

it actually does work. this happened to me. the backup wouldnt work but when i reburned it at like 2x it worked fine.