HD image on DVD - copy help...

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If I have a HD iso image on a DVD disc, and want to copy it for someone, can I use the same DVD copy program I use to copy movies? The DVD movie copy software (DVDFab) has the ability to rip the image and then put that image on another disc, so it should work, right?

And is there anyway I can verify the image using my laptop? Will it see it as a regular disc with files on it?
 
I have DVD Decrypter copying the iso to the hard drive right now, then I'll try to write it to a blank DVD. I'd still like a way to make sure it's on there properly...
 
If it's simply an ISO file on the DVD disk, ("some_file_name.iso") then you can simply drag and drop it onto his PC. No need to use any DVD encoding/decoding software. In this case that DVD is simply is simply being used as a data disk.

If you were ripping DVD video off the disk or making your own DVD video disk then yeah, you would need to encript/decrypt the data.
 
If it's simply an ISO file on the DVD disk, ("some_file_name.iso") then you can simply drag and drop it onto his PC. No need to use any DVD encoding/decoding software. In this case that DVD is simply is simply being used as a data disk.

If he was local, I'd just let him borrow the disc.

As it is, DVD Decrypter ripped the iso, then burned it onto another disc. I guess I'll send it off to see if it's good...
 
As ajcrm said, if the dvd just has data and not an actual movie, there is no encryption on it and it can be access/treated like a regular data disc or cd. Its only when there's a movie is where you have copy protection and all that crap.
 
As ajcrm said, if the dvd just has data and not an actual movie, there is no encryption on it and it can be access/treated like a regular data disc or cd. Its only when there's a movie is where you have copy protection and all that crap.

Wouldn't matter if it had copy protection on it anyway. ;):D

I'm just concerned if the data on it is for an operating system other than Windows, will I have an issue?

I remember a while back when I tried to hook up a Merit hard drive as a secondary drive on my desktop for copying purposes, and it screwed up my system so bad I had to reformat my hard drive...
 
When you put the DVD into your computer can you open it in Windows Explorer (open my computer and then open the dvd volume)? If so what files do you see.

I would expect one large .iso or .chd file. I would be surprised if it were a bootable DVD that needed any special copying.
 
Wouldn't matter if it had copy protection on it anyway. ;):D

I'm just concerned if the data on it is for an operating system other than Windows, will I have an issue?

I remember a while back when I tried to hook up a Merit hard drive as a secondary drive on my desktop for copying purposes, and it screwed up my system so bad I had to reformat my hard drive...

While I believe it because I've seen it all (and wouldn't be surprised if they intentionally wrote a copy-protection virus into it), the file shouldn't matter, a file is a file it doesn't matter what's in it.

The Merit hard drives can just be using a special type of format or partition thats not native to Dos/Windows. In fact if its the Linux based ones it would prob be an EFS partition (which Windows wouldn't be able to read).

Why it would bomb your comp - prob a few reasons but again you never know if they did put something that would purposely screw up a comp if slaved to a Windows system :)
 
If I have a HD iso image on a DVD disc, and want to copy it for someone, can I use the same DVD copy program I use to copy movies? The DVD movie copy software (DVDFab) has the ability to rip the image and then put that image on another disc, so it should work, right?

And is there anyway I can verify the image using my laptop? Will it see it as a regular disc with files on it?

Nero has a free version 9 of their DVD/CD utilities. They allow you to do simple copying/verifying of DVDs, CDs, creation of the same as data discs, etc. They work well and are simple to use although they've dumbed them down from their earlier version 6 suite which I liked a lot.

And did I mention that they're free?
 
Wouldn't matter if it had copy protection on it anyway. ;):D

I'm just concerned if the data on it is for an operating system other than Windows, will I have an issue?

I remember a while back when I tried to hook up a Merit hard drive as a secondary drive on my desktop for copying purposes, and it screwed up my system so bad I had to reformat my hard drive...

While I believe it because I've seen it all (and wouldn't be surprised if they intentionally wrote a copy-protection virus into it), the file shouldn't matter, a file is a file it doesn't matter what's in it.

The Merit hard drives can just be using a special type of format or partition thats not native to Dos/Windows. In fact if its the Linux based ones it would prob be an EFS partition (which Windows wouldn't be able to read).

Why it would bomb your comp - prob a few reasons but again you never know if they did put something that would purposely screw up a comp if slaved to a Windows system :)
 
The DVD should not be the same as the original hard drive. It should just be a data DVD with a file that is an image of the original hard drive.

I would expect that one is not meant to "play" the game from the DVD but use the DVD to restore the game hard drive.

So there should not be any executable on the DVD that could give you trouble.
 
Well, when I put the original (that was burned for me from a guy who had the image) into the drive, the system identified it as STAR_TREK_VOYAGER_HD. I guess as long as the copy I make does the same and is the same size, it should be the same...
 
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