Oh, in case you havent figured, replace the old RA2.
Please note though, although the program you used to copy the cd (clonecd) may work, your burner may not be able to replicate the Safedisc protection, which may be the source of your problems in not reading the CD (even with my fix possibly), so long story short, use Daemon-Tools to mount the cd image that a program liek clonecd can make. Contains the complete Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert games, plus all three expansion packs (Covert Operations, Counterstrike, and The Aftermath. This is for Red Alert 2, Version 1.006r2 (its for the update only available off Westwood Online (in-game), not 1.006) Sign up today to receive the latest Command & Conquer news, updates, behind-the-scenes content, offers, and more (including other EA news, products, events, and promotions) by email. My crack overcomes this, but stillr equires the backup cd to be in the drive or mounted as an image. This is for those people who have LEGALLY purchased the game, and made a backup CD, only to find out that it says 'insert cd' or their units and buildings explode after 30 seconds of gameplay (or after they create their first building). This mod adds 132 completely new units, structures, technologies and SuperWeapons to the original Red Alert 2: Yuri's.
Red Alert 2 1.006r2 English Backup CD Fix Red Alert 2: Apocalypse version 3.1.000 by Master X.A.A.