Duplicate a Commercial Software DVD

I'm switching over to Windows from a Mac where the OS has a utility to
duplicate CDs/DVDs.

I'm running Win 10 on a Dell Latitude with an optical drive- but I don't
see any way to make a backup dupe of a commercial software DVD.

Am I just missing it- or is there no way to do that?

Earl Grey wrote in news:q13cco$nvk$1
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I'm switching over to Windows from a Mac where the OS has a utility to
duplicate CDs/DVDs.

I'm running Win 10 on a Dell Latitude with an optical drive- but I don't
see any way to make a backup dupe of a commercial software DVD.

Am I just missing it- or is there no way to do that?


With a single optical drive the only way to duplicate ANY CD/DVD is to copy
from the original to an ISO on your hard drive, then burn the new disc from
the hard drive ISO.

When I did this a while back I used ImageBurn to run in both directions.
Windows does have a built-in ability to burn a disc, but I haven't used it.

With a commercial software disc, there is alwsys the possibility of some
sort of protection to keep the disc from being copied, as well. This for
the most part has gone by the wayside with the court cases saying it is
legal to make a copy of software for backup purposes.

On 1/8/2019 6:50 PM, Tim wrote:
Earl Grey wrote in news:q13cco$nvk$1
@news.albasani.net:

I'm switching over to Windows from a Mac where the OS has a utility to
duplicate CDs/DVDs.

I'm running Win 10 on a Dell Latitude with an optical drive- but I don't
see any way to make a backup dupe of a commercial software DVD.

Am I just missing it- or is there no way to do that?


With a single optical drive the only way to duplicate ANY CD/DVD is to copy
from the original to an ISO on your hard drive, then burn the new disc from
the hard drive ISO.

When I did this a while back I used ImageBurn to run in both directions.
Windows does have a built-in ability to burn a disc, but I haven't used it.

With a commercial software disc, there is alwsys the possibility of some
sort of protection to keep the disc from being copied, as well. This for
the most part has gone by the wayside with the court cases saying it is
legal to make a copy of software for backup purposes.

I have used the Windows 10 software to create CD's and DVD's, and found
it did the job. Unless you have some special requirement the Windows 10
software will work nicely for your projects

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On 1/8/2019 6:50 PM, Tim wrote:
Earl Grey wrote in news:q13cco$nvk$1
@news.albasani.net:

I'm switching over to Windows from a Mac where the OS has a utility to
duplicate CDs/DVDs.

I'm running Win 10 on a Dell Latitude with an optical drive- but I don't
see any way to make a backup dupe of a commercial software DVD.

Am I just missing it- or is there no way to do that?


With a single optical drive the only way to duplicate ANY CD/DVD is to copy
from the original to an ISO on your hard drive, then burn the new disc from
the hard drive ISO.

When I did this a while back I used ImageBurn to run in both directions.
Windows does have a built-in ability to burn a disc, but I haven't used it.

With a commercial software disc, there is alwsys the possibility of some
sort of protection to keep the disc from being copied, as well. This for
the most part has gone by the wayside with the court cases saying it is
legal to make a copy of software for backup purposes.

I have used the Windows 10 software to create CD's and DVD's, and found
it did the job. Unless you have some special requirement the Windows 10
software will work nicely for your projects

But it won't make the image of thd original disk required for the actual
copying. As already stated, try ImgBurn or even the free Daemon Tools to
create the image.

Note to original poster. Insure you use an appropriate size dvd for the
burn. The original disk may be dual-layer which would require a dual-
layer blank dvd to copy it. Open My Computer with disk in drive. If it
says it's over approx. 4.8 Gb it's dual layer.

And as person also stated. Disk may be Copy Protected which means lots
of work to do to create the image properly. For a movie I usually use
DVD Shrink but that's for movies, progrsam disks require "who knows
what" and you have to experiment. Mind you copy protection seems to be
more a thing of the past now with online activation much more prevalent.

On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 18:40:07 -0500, Earl Grey
wrote:

I'm switching over to Windows from a Mac where the OS has a utility to
duplicate CDs/DVDs.

I'm running Win 10 on a Dell Latitude with an optical drive- but I don't
see any way to make a backup dupe of a commercial software DVD.

Am I just missing it- or is there no way to do that?


There are many ways to do it. I recommend downloading, installing, and
using Imgburn (http://www.imgburn.com/)

On 1/8/19 6:40 PM, Earl Grey wrote:
I'm switching over to Windows from a Mac where the OS has a utility to
duplicate CDs/DVDs.

I'm running Win 10 on a Dell Latitude with an optical drive- but I don't
see any way to make a backup dupe of a commercial software DVD.

Am I just missing it- or is there no way to do that?

Thanks all.

The short answer seems to be there's no graceful way to do it without
using third party software-- best bet being imgburn....yes?

Earl Grey wrote:
On 1/8/19 6:40 PM, Earl Grey wrote:
I'm switching over to Windows from a Mac where the OS has a utility to
duplicate CDs/DVDs.

I'm running Win 10 on a Dell Latitude with an optical drive- but I
don't see any way to make a backup dupe of a commercial software DVD.

Am I just missing it- or is there no way to do that?

Thanks all.

The short answer seems to be there's no graceful way to do it without
using third party software-- best bet being imgburn....yes?

You can start there.

Imgburn isn't for formats that attempt to "thwart" copying.

There are other tools for that.

Imgburn is also good at recognizing when "something
aint right" and it will warn you in some cases,
about the obscurity of something you are attempting
to do.

The OS has IMAPI2 support, which is a suite
of optical disk operations. But it's missing
some things - if presented with RW media, it
might not automatically erase the media before
writing to it.

The OS uses those components, to do things such
as support "drag and drop" writing to optical discs.
Writing random files to an optical disc has
been a "feature" for a number of Windows OSes.

The W10 OS also has the "Win7 Backup" package in
the Control Panels area (Start : Run : "control").
The backup program can write backups to optical
discs. Again, it uses some IMAPI2 support, but
you may be surprised about what is missing.

Various commercial programs, use libraries.
Perhaps if I'm designing Macrium Reflect, I
have a copy of "PrimoBurner" as a DLL. Some
capabilities are distributed that way. Apple
used to use a GearSoftware package when they
wanted to burn discs for certain purposes
(part of iTunes???).

But for everything else, you want a separate
standalone application. Imgburn or Nero for
vanilla copying. "DVD stealer" for Hollywood
content :-) There will be tools renowned for
their ability to make "backup copies" of
Hollywood releases on optical disc. There is
talk of a "sheep rating" you will have to track
down.

This is the former "CDFreaks" forum.

https://club.myce.com/t/test-your-wr...e/52237?page=7

Paul