How to Make Backup Copies of Your Movie DVDs

You wish to make a backup of your DVD collection so that your kids won't destroy the originals. Or simply because you want to keep them safe. Here's how you do it with DVDShrink.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• DVDShrink Software
• DVD Burner
• DVDs to back up

1. Download and install DVDShrink online (see Resources below).

2. Launch the Program and make sure your DVD is in the drive.

3. Click on 'Open Disc'. You will be given a choice on the Drive to select. Choose the proper one. DVDShrink will now analyze the disc.

4. Once the analysis is done, you have the option of removing subtitles or other languages to make sure the DVD fits on a regular disc. Choose Automatic Compression so that it will fit the contents on a disc.

5. Click on 'Backup'. If you have Nero, the program will burn the Disc for you in the DVD Burner. If not, then use your regular DVD Burner to burn the files that DVDShrink outpus.

6. Insert the backup DVD into your DVD Player to test it out.

Tips & Warnings

• Try to fit your contents into a 4.7GB DVD. Dual layer DVDs are expensive for the time being.
• Close all other running programs when using DVDShrink. This would prevent burn errors which can happen.

Resources

• DVD Shrink

[bowdoctor]

on 9/24/2009 OH YEAH Close all programs before using DVD Shrink.... this is true !