Making a DVD Copy

M

mikeygg1

New Member
I have a family DVD that was made from older videos few years back. Have no problem viewing it on my laptop or DVD player.

I now wanted to make a few copies to distribute to family members. Have tried everything I know. I can make a copy & it does show that the DVD has made the copy with the files copied but when I do a playback, both my laptop & DVD player says unknown disk or no disk in drive.

I have a newer HP laptop with vista.

Mike
 

My Computer

System One

Hi Mike and welcome to Vista Forums :party:

Are you closing and/or finalising the copies? By doing so, you write information to the lead-in and lead-out sections on the disk. Without this data, a disk may be classed as unknown/unrecognised when you try to access it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
    Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
    Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
    Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
    WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
    Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
    WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25
    Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Thank you Dwaft for responding.
I have tried Nero & a few other copying programs. I suspected one of the issues might probably the finalizing. I did look into this but could not find any good response. Most of them say that the programs will automatically do it for you!!!

I looked into the DVD Maker that comes with Vista & the step to step but when I go copy the files from my desktop which it does by the way, says that 4 out of the 5 does not fit. I have 8hrs of recording on each disk & the dvd maker says 150mins, so no where close. I used the free Nero BurnLite10 to copy which I did a disk copy. It did not give me an option to finalize, just said copy completed.

Any help would be great since I have spent so much time doing research I assume the solution is a simple one.

Thanks
Mike
 

My Computer

System One

Found the answer.
Copy the files from a disk or hard drive to another disk using safe mode or medium speed. The high speed copying option I used for some reason did not take.
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
    CPU
    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
    BluRay & DVD Weiters
    HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
    AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
    TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top