We were all newbies once There are many GUIDES on this forum explaining HOW TO do it.

Here is one more comparison of 5 software programs for copying DVD's:

Copying DVDs, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Introduction
http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/114/

"In this article we're going to take a look at some of the software packages that are available today with which you can copy your DVD movies. We'll take a look at the produced video quality of each software package and at how much time the software needs to accomplish its task.

To make a more fair comparison we've split up this article into two sections: movie only and full DVD. Movie only means that only the main movie was copied, including the main audio stream and one subtitle. Full DVD of course means that we copied the complete DVD, including all audio streams, subtitles and extra's."

Software compared:
CloneDVD version 1.1.7.1
DVD2one version 1.2.0
DVD Shrink version 2.3
DVD X Copy Xpress version 2.5.2
Pinnacle InstantCopy version 7.1.1