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Originally posted by prophetmike
ALL DVD burners for computers are supposed to burn CDs as well. I have NEC DVD burner on my Dell Dimension 8250 and it burns CDs perfectly. Just shop around for a burner you like and one thats in your price range.
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-prophetmike
Originally posted by they see ALL
ANOTHER QUESTION...
how can i "back up" my original dvds with just ONE dvd / cd burner and ONE regular disk drive???
thank you...
Originally posted by prophetmike
Well, I'm sorta confused on what you mean. Do you mean backing up movie DVDs to your hard drive? (That's illegal, I think... ) or do you mean backing up data from your hard drive to a single DVD? Because if you mean the latter, I think it's impossible on a SINGLE DVD.
Just explain yourself a little more, and I'll try my best to help you.
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-prophetmike
Originally posted by they see ALL
anyway i mean if i want to "back up" (copy) my "original" DVD how can i do this???
thanks...
From DVD Shrink's site:
DVD Shrink is software to backup DVD discs. You can use this software in conjunction with DVD burning software of your choice, to make a backup copy of any DVD video disc.
DVD Shrink will also burn your backup DVD, if you have installed the latest version of Nero. If you already possess burning software and prefer to stick with it, then you can still use DVD Shrink. The output from DVD Shrink can be saved as files on your hard drive, which you can then burn with software of your choice.
Originally posted by dreamlandmafia
To "backup" your DVDs get a DVD Ripper like DVD Decrypter and then DVD Shrink to shrink it to fit a regular DVD. DVD Decrypter rips the VOB files onto your hard drive. That will be about 7gb. Then DVD Shrink makes it big enough to fit onto a Regular DVD that is 4.7gb. Then if you have Nero is interfaces nicely with DVD Shrink to allow burning of the VOB files onto the DVD, but if you dont any other DVD Burning software should work.
Tahts just how I do it....
[Edited on 2-9-2004 by dreamlandmafia]
Originally posted by they see ALL
i dont even have the burner yet but here is the senario: i have ONE regular cd drive and ONE dvd / cd burner drive...
i put my original dvd into which one???
lets start the step-by-step here...
thanks so much for putting up with me...
Originally posted by dreamlandmafia
Okay....
1. Put the DVD into the DVD-ROM (DVD Player) drive.
2. Fire Up DVD Decrypter
3. Rip the VOB files.
4. Fire Up DVD Shrink
5. Shrink The Files
5b. If You dont have the DVD Burner yet you can just drop these Files onto a DVD Player Software and itll play jsut fine.
6. Use Nero...if you have it...to burn the files to the Blank DVD that is in the DVD Burner...ONCE you have it.
7. Enjoy
CD-ROM drives can NOT read a DVD.
[Edited on 2-9-2004 by dreamlandmafia]
[Edited on 2-9-2004 by dreamlandmafia]
Originally posted by they see ALL
soooo...
what you are saying is that this process will NOT work with ONE cd drive and ONE dvd burner drive???
thanks
Originally posted by they see ALL
soooo...
what you are saying is that this process will NOT work with ONE cd drive and ONE dvd burner drive???
thanks
Originally posted by dreamlandmafia
Itll work just fine with the DVD Burner...since they can also read DVDs.
Originally posted by prophetmike
You would not use the CD-ROM drive at all. You would put the original DVD into the burner, copy the files to the hard drive and then put the blank DVD in the burner and burn the files to the blank.
Originally posted by they see ALL
QUESTION #3,987
if i burn an original dvd the copy will have the dvd menus and dvd features and the actual movie in dvd quality as well???
thanks...