I know some people out there don't like Stardock Central.  Features = Complexity and we totally understand that.

Here are a few benefits of Stardock Central you may want to take advantage of:

You can Archive the game.  Just right click on the game and each module you want to back up and select "Archive".

This will ZIP it up to the archives directory in Stardock Central.

You can take this ZIP and burn it to CD, put it on other machines in your home.  Our license allows you to have it on as many machines YOU OWN as long as no more than 1 copy is being played at a time per license.

You can take the ZIP file and put it on a machine that does not have an Internet Connection.  You will need to install Stardock Central, however.  Once SDC is installed, choose File->Restore Applicationa and browse to your ZIP file.  SDC should take care of your various registry things as well as activation (if you don't have a net connection, it should bring up a dialog when you try to run the game that will require that you get email support to get a special code).

If you bought the retail version, none of this applies as you already have a CD and you can make backups of that as you will, same license restrictions.