Backup my Lost DVD

[kgarchar]

So a few weeks ago(or months) I borrowed the Season 2 Series of Lost from a friend. Totally forgot about it until I realized the other week that I still had it. I went to get everything to give it back, but I lost one of the disks. I had a gift card to Barnes and Nobles, so I figured I'd just buy another set since I really wanted it anyways. I'm going to give the DVDs back to the girl in a day or two, but I really want to just backup the disk and keep a burned copy of it for myself. This seems legit since I lost the other one, and have it purchased. I just don't know how to do it. I'm sure it's a real easy thing to do and I'm an idiot, but can someone help me out? All the programs I'm using suck. All I want to do is make a backup then burn the backup on to a DL DVD.

 

[sabor]

There are many many ways to do this, but I will give you what I believe is the easiest one (you will need to buy a piece of software).

1- Download Mac The Ripper (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14414)
2- Open Mac the Ripper, select your DVD and rip to your hard drive
3- Buy Popcorn (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16695)
4- Use Popcorn to burn the ripped DVD files to a standard DVD

Once you do this, you will most likely use it again in the future, so the Popcorn price will pay for itself further down the road. Good luck!

 

[jsarrasinjr]

if you want some more options, take a look at all of the info they have to offer at

http://www.afterdawn.com/

it has been extremely helpful for me in backing up disks on cheap dvds (from crapusa or the like) so that I can use them without fear of damage with my portable dvd player

 

[d wade]

use the search function for this topic, there are thousands of threads.

also, try www.ripdifferent.com -- where i learned most of my DVD burning/ripping knowledge