The Best Way to Copy DVD on Windows Computer
If your purpose is to simply copying the content of a DVD like movies and videos to the computer without converting them into any other format then you can easily do it without the help of any free DVD copy software. The best thing is, you can easily burn the copied copied content to a DVD from your computer. So the best way of doing so is using Window’s tools to achieve your task. We are giving you a step by step tutorial on how to copy a DVD to Windows Computer. Follow each individual step carefully to avoid any confusion. Here are the steps:
Step 1. First of all insert the DVD that you want to rip or copy into your computer’s hard drive.
Step 2. Now go to “My Computer” by double clicking on the icon on the desktop. You can also do this by going to Start -> My computer. Now right click on the DVD drive in which you inserted your DVD and click on properties from the drop down menu. A new window of DVD drive’s properties will pop-up on the screen. The purpose of opening this window is to check the size of the DVD so that you can see that your hard drive has enough space to copy the DVD or not.
Step 3. When you will insert the DVD in the drive a pop-up window will show up saying “Auto Play”. Click on “Open to view folders using windows explorer” from the options. A window will appear with the contents of the DVD.
Step 4. When you are exploring the DVD you will see the contents of the DVD. For example when you insert a DVD movie, you’ll see two folders: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. These two folders contain the movie files.
Step 5. Now simply drag or copy the folders and paste them on the location where you want them to be copied. In a few minutes, the content on the DVD will be copied to your Windows Computer.
This is the best and the simplest way of copying the DVD to your computer. But in case you want to use a DVD copying tool which can also give you extra features besides copying, you can use a magnificent copying tool called “Handbrake”. This is a free to use software with loads of features to rip and copy data to your computer. All you have to do is insert the DVD that you want to copy in your computer. Load the handbrake program. Load the DVD by selecting the drive which contains the DVD. Now select the destination folder where you want to copy the contents of DVD. You can also select a different output format if you want to convert the DVD in any other format. After selecting the destination folder, just click on Start. The copying process will start and the DVD will be copied to your PC. It will take some time to copy the DVD on the computer and the time depends on the size and quality of the DVD.
