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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? |
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Earl Grey wrote in news:q13cco$nvk$1
@news.albasani.net: I'm switching over to Windows from a Mac where the OS has a utility to duplicate CDs/DVDs. I'm running Win 10 on a Dell Latitude with an optical drive- but I don't see any way to make a backup dupe of a commercial software DVD. Am I just missing it- or is there no way to do that? With a single optical drive the only way to duplicate ANY CD/DVD is to copy from the original to an ISO on your hard drive, then burn the new disc from the hard drive ISO. When I did this a while back I used ImageBurn to run in both directions. Windows does have a built-in ability to burn a disc, but I haven't used it. With a commercial software disc, there is alwsys the possibility of some sort of protection to keep the disc from being copied, as well. This for the most part has gone by the wayside with the court cases saying it is legal to make a copy of software for backup purposes. |
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On 1/8/2019 6:50 PM, Tim wrote:
Earl Grey wrote in news:q13cco$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 -- 2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre |
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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/) |
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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? |
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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 |
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