can nero 6 copy dvd directly to hard drive?

[dsigma6]

i got a dvd burner hooked up in my desktop, but i only have 1 dvd drive- so no direct copies.

it came with a nero suite, and youd think there would be an option to copy to hard drive, but i cant find it. since it would give you that option when copying from one drive to another, it obviously has the capability-but is it legal..

if nero cant do it, any free program recommendations?

[RBob]

i got a dvd burner hooked up in my desktop, but i only have 1 dvd drive- so no direct copies.

it came with a nero suite, and youd think there would be an option to copy to hard drive, but i cant find it. ...

Try File->New then in the "New Compilation" dialog find "DVD Copy" on the left sliding window of icons. It should produce an image file of the DVD on your hard drive (it uses Nero's .nrg format, not .iso), and then will copy that to a fresh DVD.

[dsigma6]

thanks, will try. ordered a dvd-rom drive, but will give it a shot for general knowledge of the program.

[jjesusfreak01]

For the record, many commercial apps can recognize incorrectly copied discs by means of an unwritable area near the center of the disc that does not get copied but does get read. If you are just making a game backup, it may work, but a copy of your Windows CD, for example, would not.

[masterus]

Hi

If I were you I wouldn't make dvd/cd direct copy..it's the best way to get some internal error..the best way to copy cd/dvd is to make *.iso file on hdd then burn on cd/dvd...about dvd movies the best way to copy them is to copy files from: video folder to same folder on hdd then use new compilation>dvd video>then copy all files from video folder to new compilation's video folder..

Regards..

[christopher_wolf]

For the record, many commercial apps can recognize incorrectly copied discs by means of an unwritable area near the center of the disc that does not get copied but does get read. If you are just making a game backup, it may work, but a copy of your Windows CD, for example, would not.

There are different types of "unwritable areas," some happen to depend on differences in the manufacturing tolerances for each CD. They can be read and, to some extent, emulated when going to copy the image of the original CD.

[Aroc]

rip them to your drive as .iso image files.