# Any good, free and no adware DVD copying software out there? (\*NOT\* for copyrighted material) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-free-and-no-adware-dvd-copying-software-out-there-not-for-copyrighted-material/540442 "2010-05-23T05:36:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-free-and-no-adware-dvd-copying-software-out-there-not-for-copyrighted-material/540442/1 "2010-05-23T05:36:38Z")
I have a data disc that is a DVD. I want to copy it to another DVD. I am appalled I cannot do this simply and freely. I have WinXP. It seemed to say I could burn a data disk but then gave me the finger. The DVD I am copying is homemade with home video files on it. No copyright issues. I just want a simple disk copy program. Looking I find many but nearly all cost money and the free ones seem to have malware issues (like Burn4Free). This really should be free stuff. Disk-to-disk copy. Hardly gets more straightforward than that. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-free-and-no-adware-dvd-copying-software-out-there-not-for-copyrighted-material/540442/2 "2010-05-23T05:41:28Z")
Infrarecorder and ImgBurn are both pretty good burning programs. I haven’t had any issues with either. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-free-and-no-adware-dvd-copying-software-out-there-not-for-copyrighted-material/540442/3 "2010-05-23T06:22:52Z")
> [@gladtobeblazed](#): > > Infrarecorder and ImgBurn are both pretty good burning programs. I haven’t had any issues with either. Thanks! ImgBurn seems to do the trick. Infrarecorder does not seem to deal with DVD and is stuck with CD burning. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-free-and-no-adware-dvd-copying-software-out-there-not-for-copyrighted-material/540442/4 "2010-05-23T07:07:13Z")
I like using DVDshrink. It’s legally free, but some people have tried to charge for it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-free-and-no-adware-dvd-copying-software-out-there-not-for-copyrighted-material/540442/5 "2010-05-23T07:29:22Z")
For non copyright material the free version of Nero that I have received with every DVD drive I have ever purchased, does the job perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![kannushi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e495f1/32.png) [@kannushi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kannushi)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-free-and-no-adware-dvd-copying-software-out-there-not-for-copyrighted-material/540442/6 "2010-05-24T01:18:30Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I have a data disc that is a DVD. I want to copy it to another DVD. I am appalled I cannot do this simply and freely. DVD Decrypter, in ISO mode; ISO-read the DVD to an image on the hard drive, ISO-write the image back out to a blank DVD. Works for single and dual-layer disks. Also … well, it just works. The only failure I’ve had with it has been when the source material physically could not be read by the drive.