Burning dvds

[scoobydoo2]

Can anyone help I need to burn a dvd but everytime I try to do it either the disc is the wrong kind even though I have tried - and + or it just won't copy. Is there something I can do to just do a straightforward copy? Any help appreciated.

[MrBounty]

What are you trying to burn to DVD?
Do you have proper DVD writing software installed on your machine?

[scoobydoo2]

Am trying to copy another dvd using Nero.

[MrBounty]

Does the original disk contain data, or is it a movie?

[scoobydoo2]

Movie

[MrBounty]

Then you wont be able to copy it with Nero - it will have restrictions which stop Nero copying.

Download something like DVDShrink (it's free), install and copy DVD - very easy to use

[scoobydoo2]

I have dvd shrink but have never managed to copy anything with it!. Am I being thick??

[MrBounty]

In a word, yes! lol

It's easy to use - put in your movie, open DVDShrink and hit the "open disk" button (top left).
It'll go through a quick scan of your disk.
Once done, it shows everything on the disk.
You dont have to, but i highlight everything on the left hand side of the screen, then click on "Backup"
Shrink will then ask where to back up to - just make sure it backs up to your DVD writer.
The bit below, which asks where to store temporary files, just select a folder in your My Documents (or wherever you want).
Click OK.
It should then start scanning and copying the disk proper.
After a while, it'll pop out your original disk, insert a blank disk.
It'll then burn your disk.

It's that easy.

[scoobydoo2]

I'll give it a go and let you know!!

[scoobydoo2]

Cracked it! Thanks

[jrobinson200]

im trying to copy something off my dvd recorder onto a blank dvd, ive checked the disc it uses and have dvd-rw. when i put it in the dvd recorder to copy it says disc needs to be formatted but doesnt give me the option to do it. What do i do? ive tried numerous blank dvds

[scoobydoo2]

Usually there's a function menu and the option to format is in there.