Copy/Paste DVD to hard drive?

[jason]

All of my dvd copies are on my hard drive. I would like to put them on some blank dvd's. Once they are on a dvd, would I need to use a program like DVDfab to burn them back to my hard drive (if I ever decided to do so)? Or can I just open the file once I put the dvd in, and copy/paste it (using something like teracopy)? Just trying to clear up some space on my hard drive.

[redwudz]

You don't need any program. Just copy and paste the VIDEO_TS folder to your hard drive. Ripping is only needed for encypted discs and to eliminate region codes, neither of which a backup copy should have.

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[aedipuss]

you decrypted them putting them on your hard drive they will stay that way burning to disc. dvdr is burned as data so copy/paste will work getting the folders off the dvdrs also. or just highlight and drag from folder to folder if you want.

[jason]

Thank you for the help!