burner help

just got a new dvd burner liteon 812s wanted to try backing up a dvd to see if it worked but cant figure it out it came with my dvd and power dvd anyone familiar with these or could recomend another software that is easy to use.
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Internet Explorer 6.0.2600.0000 (IE 6.0 - Windows XP)
Computer Name MIC
User Name mic
Logon Domain MIC

Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Duron XP, 1300 MHz (6.5 x 200)
Motherboard Name Shuttle AK32L (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 SDR DIMM, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8366 Apollo KT266
System Memory 512 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (04/12/02)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200 (32 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200
Monitor Compaq MV520 (923BE50QH764)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter C-Media CMI8738/C3DX Audio Device
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage
Disk Drive QUANTUM FIREBALL CX13.5A
Disk Drive WDC WD400BB-00DKA0
Optical Drive LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-812S
Optical Drive MITSUMI CR-48XETE (48x/12x/48x CD-RW)

Partitions
C: (FAT32) 19067 MB (9371 MB free)
D: (FAT32) 19075 MB (13282 MB free)
G: (FAT32) 12875 MB (6772 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network

Network Adapter AMD PCnet-Home Based Network Adapter (Generic) (65.171.68.88)
Modem Compaq Data Fax Modem

Peripherals
Printer Lexmark Z53 Color Jetprinter (Copy 1)

 

I would suggest using a different program. The only ones I know, you need to pay for to use, but I am SURE someone else can post some links to some free ones???

I am not even sure PowerDVD does anything besides play movies.....

If you want to pay the money, there is...

Roxio
Nero
RecordNow!

Good luck.

 

Those are all excellent choices (I have Nero6) and here are some freware programs available on Major Geeks. Try CDBurner XP (it does DVDs, too despite the name) and DeepBurner for general CD and DVD burning. If it's DVD movies that you want to back up, Try DVD Decryptor and DVD Shrink (this will compress them to fit on a standard 4.7GB recordable DVD)- both of these work great. Heres the MG link to the Backup page where they are all found http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads3.html

 

If you want a full-featured free DVD player, try Maximus DVD. It does Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound output and has many of the features that full-priced software DVD players have. It's almost as good as my WinDVD Gold, which wasn't free. It isn't available here at Major Geeks right now, but here is a link for it http://www.softlandmark.com/DVDPlayers.htm

 

thanks for the replies ill give them a try

 

If you want a real cheap one use Media Player.

 

i use powerdvd and it is great. plays everything i have tried so far. as for mydvd it is a great free software you can ceate slideshows capture from your cam and create dvd's or vcd. ia am busy creating a slideshow to send to the folks on the other side of the world.

 

what i want is something to copy my dvds so i will have a backup if something happens to original i have a couple of movies downloaded and would like to put them on a dvd ,tried dvd hrink but keep getting error message

 

dvd shrink doesn't burn movies. it creates a compressed file to fit a movie dvd ( 9 gigs) onto a computer dvd (4.3 gigs).

I use Instand CD + DVD by Pinnacle. It's about $60, but very worth it. You can use it to make backup cd's and dvd's for data, music, or movies.

 

Use DVD Decryptor in ISO write mode under Mode menu and it will do it. Use the copy and store the original, as DVD Shrink compresses the DVD data which reduces image quality somewhat. You can also use DeepBurner and CDBurner XP Pro to burn the ISO to disc. Follow my advice and save $60 to buy more movies.

 

have gotten nero6 but cant seem to get it to work , do i need a seperate dvd rom in my computer or what ? every time i try to copy it starts and then comes up burn process failed .i go to dvd copy and hit copy is this right or am i doing everything wrong?