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eel1957
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_ 		2. January 2006 @ 11:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I just installed a 400GB SATA drive on my system and I am thinking about backing up some DVDs to the hard drive and not bother burning DVDs until I need one. There are a number of choices here:

1) Use DVD Shrink to make a burnable ISO Image and save that on the drive for later burning.

2) Use DVD Shrink to make compressed folders to store on the hard drive. When or if I decide to burn it later, use Folder2ISO to make the ISO image to burn.

3) Use DVD Decrypter to create full size folders. Later I will need to Shrink, ISO and burn.

I am leaning towards option 2. Any thouhgts or suggestions?

eel1957
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laddyboy
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_ 		2. January 2006 @ 11:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why not just leave them as ISOs. They can be mounted as virtual DVDs with Daemon Tools or Nero DriveImage and thus played like any DVD from your computer. Also should you back them up to a DL DVD in the future, they will be as original as possible for burning, including the layer breaks. Once converted to a folder of video files, the original layer break info is gone.
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Bestmiler
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_ 		2. January 2006 @ 12:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you dont want to burn them, i know that you can convert it to a mp4 file and view it under any program (wmp, realplayer, etc). The size varies anywhere from .5-.8gbs.
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