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How To Copy A DVD Movie To The Notebook Or Computer When You Are Using Windows XP

Posted By: Isaiah Henry | Posted On: 2008-01-25 | Article ID: 41021

Copying DVDs is a piece of cake. It is really easy to do it. And you can copy not only your work files but system files as well. And yes, you can do it under Windows XP. Here are some suggestions how to achieve this.

First you need to insert the DVD into the DVD drive. If your drive is older and it is a CD-ROM, the procedure won�t work. After the DVD is inserted, use the standard copy/paste command to copy the necessary files into the folder where you want them to be. As a result, you will see many files. Look at their size because chances are that the largest files are the movie files, while all the rest are just supporting files.

Next, you need a DVD ripper program. There are such programs, which allow to turn any VCD into DVD format and any rlv format to mp3, mp4, VLC, etc. Some of the DVD ripper programs are free, while others offer a trial version for free and then you need to pay if you want to use the full version for longer.

The first step in copying a DVD to a hard disk is to check the hard disk for enough space to allow the files to be copied. For example if the DVD has a size of 8 GB, the hard disk must have a little more, say 10 GB. Only then can we copy those files to the hard disk, as a little extra space is needed by the operating system for buffering the files when copying. The important thing to note is never to run any other program when Windows is doing the copying process, as it interfere and may not allow the data to be copied correctly. Due to this, the copied data may become corrupt. So whenever copying a DVD to hard disk always closes all the unnecessary programs.

Today rewritable DVDs are easily accessible. The good thing about rewritable DVDs is that you can use them many times � you record the data and when you don�t need it any more, you delete it and record the same DVD again. Rewritable DVDs are especially suitable for backups because you can replace the files you don�t need any more. Using rewritable DVDs is not different from using normal DVDs. The only difference is that rewritable DVDs are just a little slower.

In addition to copying files from a DVD to the hard disk, we can do just the opposite � copy files from a hard disk to a DVD. This is done in order to create a backup. As we all know, hard disks crash, viruses attach them, and so on, so having a backup of our important files is very wise. If you want to burn data to a DVD, you need DVD burning software. Two good DVD burning programs are Nero (its latest version is 7) and Roxio. Both Nero and Roxio are for Windows. Generally DVD burning programs are user friendly and you can copy a hard drive to a DVD and vice versa using them under Windows.

 

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Isaiah Henry
Here at DVDShrinkNow.com, we are proud to have Isaiah Henry as reviewer on dvd copy software and dvd ripper products. Visit us for the top rated dvd copy software today.



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