Thanks wendymaree! Like marko_river I am in the middle of my exams so nothing is much is going to happen until I am done. Then I am going away for Christmas (yay -30C). I've always wanted to backup all my games anyways so this will be given me two reasons to do it!
I don't have a scanner so I can't scan my magazines

. Also, I believe you won't get good scan results unless you slice off the bindings. That's the last thing I want to do to my collection!