Backup

You finally purchased a DVD burner and have found that making archival copies of your precious DVDs is not possible through the software that came with your unit. You've heard the clamor being made by the goons at RIAA and MPAA, but still choose to think that your purchases were made with your hard earned money and they belong to you, not them. Okay here's a way to back up yo stuff. It is best to have some form of Nero software and then go download DVDShrink at MrBass.org. You click on the word mirror in the first paragraph at the top to download the program. Put this page in my favorites or bookmark it. You will refer back to it most likely since the tutorial about how to use the software is excellent. Don't deviate, follow the directions. There are screenshots of how the program looks at different stages. After gaining this neat piece of software go back to MrBass.org and look around. You may want DVDDecrypter.

Legal? Who knows? Morally right or wrong? Hey, they are my DVDs and I am NOT selling any copies whatsoever. Just wanted to store the originals. I will have to buy my third copy of The Matrix very soon. Wish these things were a bit tougher. By no means am I encouraging piracy. Any opinions? Anyone with knowledge as to the actual legal ramifications of backing up your stuff? On the old The Screensavers show back when TechTV existed, Leo Laporte and Kevin Rose talked about the early incarnations of these very programs so it can't be that bad. Also, DVD recorders are wonderful when it comes to backing up precious data that resides on your computer.

"If it wasn't backed-up, then it wasn't important."
—System Administrator's motto.