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Copy of homemade DVD to the internal hard drive of my PC

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jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member -

Hello,

A few years ago, I burned videos onto DVDs using my Asus PC. When it was replaced by an Aspire 315 from ACER, I realized that I had lost a whole folder of videos. My question is: How can I copy the DVDs I have onto the hard drive of my new PC?

I have the up-to-date VLC media software.

If I need to use an external drive for my PC, which one would you recommend I buy to do this?

Thank you in advance for your response.

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    jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1
     

    Hello T3chN0g3n and macbernic, I found this device on Amazon, is it suitable?

    "ASUS External CD/DVD Writer SDRW-08D2S-U LITE Black – Ultra-compact DVD Writer x8, M-Disc supported, compatible with Windows and Mac OS"

    Thank you

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    1. T3chN0g3n Posted messages 72 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 217
       

      Hello,

      That's the one I gave you as an example, so yes, it will be suitable!

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      1. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1 > T3chN0g3n Posted messages 72 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        HELLO T3chNg3n

        I received my burner reader, but there were no instructions on how to start recording a homemade DVD, what should I do? Thank you. I tried copy/paste, but where?

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      2. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1 > jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member
         

        Hello again, I have a "Power DVD" display telling me: move files to this folder to copy them to the disk

        when I click on Acer Aspire 315 (my PC) or Documents I get the message DVD RW Drive (D) DVD 1357492853/.........What should I do? Thank you for your help.

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  2. T3chN0g3n Posted messages 72 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 217
     

    Hello,

    Indeed, if your new PC doesn't have a built-in drive (which seems to be the case), you'll need to use an external drive connected via USB. You can find them at all multimedia retailers (starting from around €20). If it's for occasional use, you can get just about any of them, but for more regular use (or if you have a lot of DVDs), it's better to go for a reputable brand.

    → Example this Asus seems to have a decent quality/price ratio.

    Then, if it's DVDs you burned yourself, a simple copy-paste from Windows Explorer should work.

    Best regards.

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  3. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1
     

    Thank you for this response, does this SDRW-08D2S device require special software to operate, can I copy the content of my DVD to my Windows 11 PC using VLC and how do I do it? Thank you.

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    1. T3chN0g3n Posted messages 72 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 217
       

      These readers are "plug & play," there is nothing to install. And there's no need for VLC, the content of the DVD will be copyable like any external storage device.

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      1. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1 > T3chN0g3n Posted messages 72 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Thank you for your reply, it seems even simpler to me!!

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      2. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1 > jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member
         

        Hello again and thank you T3chNog3n, a simple question, you didn't tell me how I could make a copy of the DVD to the hard drive of the PC!

        Thank you in advance

        jacou 63170

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      3. macbernic Posted messages 2231 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   545 > jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member
         

        Hello,

        If the files on these DVDs are not original movies, just do a "copy-paste".

        @+

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      4. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1 > T3chN0g3n Posted messages 72 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Hello and thank you for your response, you wrote to me that I could save what is on my DVD by copying and pasting (Mac Bernic told me, whom I also thank), thank you for this information, I am therefore buying an external disk drive SDRW-08D2S as you recommended.

        Best regards

        Jacou63170

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  4. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1
     

    T3chN0g3n: when I connect my DVD player, I get a screen saying "OOPS! your version does not support this function,,,,???? What does that mean?

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  7. fabul Posted messages 42217 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 075
     

    Hello,

    What types of files are on the DVD?

    Are there folders?

    With additional details inside, if more clarification is needed?

    If it's a recent Windows version with the PC drivers, it should work in principle.

    The drive just needs to be plugged in and used (Plug & Play)

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  8. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1
     

    I would like to reply to you, but unfortunately, I don't understand anything!

    Thank you anyway for wanting to help me

    *

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  9. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1
     

    I told you that I discovered with the delivery of the reader a disk containing:                 

                    - Power 2GO 8

                    - Power Backup 2.6 

                     - Nero backup

                     - E green

                     - PowerBackup 2.6

    Thank you for your help

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    1. Didi64_549 Posted messages 2873 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       

      Hello,

      Power 2GO 2.6 means: Power2Go is an all-in-one simple solution for all your disc burning, movie disc creation, media conversion, and backup needs.

      With unmatched support for a wide range of disc and mobile formats, you can drag and drop files to instantly burn data or movies.

      These are the features of the Player.

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  10. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1
     

    Didi 64-549

    Okay, what should I do?

    Thank you for your response

    Jacou63

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    1. Didi64_549 Posted messages 2873 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       

      Hi,

      Did you purchase the videos, movies, or anything else on these DVDs already recorded, meaning with the movie on it, or did you record them yourself?

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  11. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1
     

    In addition to my earlier comment, I just looked at this story about the numbers behind the video; indeed, behind Video TS VOB there are 140366 KB and behind VTS-01-1.VOB, there are 1048574 KB. What can we conclude from this, and what should we do with these numbers?

    Jacou63

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  12. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1
     

    I have to say that I'm really stuck, should I download VOB to solve my problems?

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  13. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1
     

    I had made all my videos in mpeg 2 format back then.

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  14. jacou63170 Posted messages 18 Status Member 1
     

    Thank you for your reply, could you explain to me what I need to do? I don't understand!

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