| Copying DVDs is a piece of cake. It is really easy | | | | So whenever copying a DVD to hard disk always |
| to do it. And you can copy not only your work | | | | closes all the unnecessary programs. |
| files but system files as well. And yes, you can do | | | | Today rewritable DVDs are easily accessible. The |
| it under Windows XP. Here are some suggestions | | | | good thing about rewritable DVDs is that you can |
| how to achieve this. | | | | use them many times � you record the data |
| First you need to insert the DVD into the DVD | | | | and when you don�t need it any more, you |
| drive. If your drive is older and it is a CD-ROM, | | | | delete it and record the same DVD again. |
| the procedure won�t work. After the DVD is | | | | Rewritable DVDs are especially suitable for |
| inserted, use the standard copy/paste command | | | | backups because you can replace the files you |
| to copy the necessary files into the folder where | | | | don�t need any more. Using rewritable DVDs is |
| you want them to be. As a result, you will see | | | | not different from using normal DVDs. The only |
| many files. Look at their size because chances are | | | | difference is that rewritable DVDs are just a little |
| that the largest files are the movie files, while all | | | | slower. |
| the rest are just supporting files. | | | | Windows XP allows not only to copy DVDs to |
| There are many DVD ripper programs available. | | | | hard disk. Under Windows XP you can also copy a |
| We can change any VCD to DVD format. Also it | | | | hard disk to a DVD. You would like to do this |
| can convert any rlv format to mp3, mp4, VLC | | | | when you need a backup of your hard disk. Since |
| etc. Only some of these ripper programs are free | | | | hard disks are not eternal because they get |
| programs. The paid ones only give the trial | | | | damaged or a virus wipes their contents, backups |
| version free, and then charge some fee for the | | | | are vital. So, it is great to backup your important |
| upgraded, fully functional version. | | | | files to a DVD. Burning to DVD is done with the |
| The first step in copying a DVD to a hard disk is | | | | help of a DVD burning program. For instance, |
| to check the hard disk for enough space to allow | | | | Nero or Roxio are good Windows DVD burning |
| the files to be copied. For example if the DVD has | | | | programs. As a rule, DVD burning programs are |
| a size of 8 GB, the hard disk must have a little | | | | user friendly and sometimes you need just a few |
| more, say 10 GB. Only then can we copy those | | | | clicks to copy from your hard drive to a DVD or |
| files to the hard disk, as a little extra space is | | | | the other way round. |
| needed by the operating system for buffering the | | | | brings some of the most informative information |
| files when copying. The important thing to note is | | | | online for users looking to copy encrypted DVDs, |
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| Due to this, the copied data may become corrupt. | | | | forum. |