can i rip a dvd without a dvd reader?

[rate]

i have a stock 1999 hp pavilion with no dvd reader. i have a 16x writer but doesnt play dvds. everytime i put a dvd in it pops it out after 10 seconds. i can play vcds fine. im using dvdmaster. Can i rip and get the vobs? thanks.

[baker]

I hate this question and its always asked. Look at it this way. Can you put a VHS into your cd-rom drive? Different storage formats. Use the search from now on.

Baker

[Nelson37]

You need one of those downloadable DVD drives.

[rate]

downloadable dvd drive? is that the pc friendly thing that comes with some dvds?

[tgpo]

downloadable dvd drive? is that the pc friendly thing that comes with some dvds?

No that's the answer people get when they don't use the search function.

[Mirror_Image]

I hate this question and its always asked.

Hope springs eternal; no matter how often they hear otherwise, there are always those who want to believe that one case lose weight and shape up without eating fewer calories and/or exercising more - because it would be easier.

Some hope that cancer can be cured without surgery and/or chemotherapy - because it would be cheaper, easier and no one would cut you open.

Similarly, there are those who hope that a home bleach kit will make your teeth a "natural-looking" white, rather than undergoing bonding or capping - because it would be far, far cheaper.

Snake oil. Medicine show.

TV infomercials feast on these kind of hopeful, and sometime very unfortunate, folks.

Ripping DVDs without a DVD drive; some people hope you can, because it would be cheaper. Common sense might tell most people that if your a CD-ROM drive could read a DVD, then no one would buy a DVD drive, but common sense is sometimes less than common.

[Faustus]

Its quite easy really, you have to read the DVD disk with your laser beam eyes, then speak binary into your computers microphone.... at least this works if you have up to date laser beam eyes, the old ones simply won't cut it.

[rate]

ok, ok, youve all succesfully christened the newbie. i think i can understand the deeper meaning behind all the remarks.i got this computer as a hand me down so ill wait save for the dvd drive, thanks for the info.

[Faustus]

heh, sorry about that.... good news is DVD-Rom drives are fairly cheap, try newegg.com