Hello chaps, been a long time. Just wanted to report my SD 3 success story.
Game: Doom 3, Safedisc 3.20
Reader: Lite-On DVD 166S (found for $30 from a local Chicago-area retailer)
Writer: LG GSA-4120B
Method: As outlined by
Virus2k
Media: Memorex 48x - the kind you can purchase at Best Buy
The backup has worked flawlessly in both my reader and writer. It takes a bit longer for the CD to read in the Lite-On, but I've required no emulation and I've not had to uninstall any of my CD-realted software (Nero, Daemon, Clone, Alcohol).