Copying A Copy

Hi Folks.
Please forgive me for asking a question that's already been answered,I borrowed a copy of lion king 3 from a friend of a friend and dvd shrink 3.16 gives me the following error.
DVD Shrink encountered an error and cannot continue
Failed to read file F:
I know a lot of users say it is the disc dirty or damaged,Iv'e also had the cyclic redundancy check error with this disk,the thing is i managed to make an image file from said disc after a few retries and copied image to disc no problem,but now with the brand new copy i get the same message's,Is it at all possible that whoever copied the disc in the first place has copyrighted it in some way.

 

Hi herbsman.
Thanks for your quick reply,I should have said iv'e tried decrypter and smartripper similar messages,What i should maybe tell you is the copy i got from a friend stops midway through the closing titles,seems as if there was no disc space left could that be the problem,i have managed to backup my original dvd's no problem thanks to this wonderful forum,I have had similar messages from other copies when i try to back them up,but to me the discs look spotlessly clean,THANKS AGAIN.

 

dougal58,

Sorry to mention this but it could be crummy media that the copy was put on :-(

Otherwise, you should have been able to copy it with something like Nero using disc to disc copy or as herbsman said Decrypter said ISO IN / ISO out

Pete

BTW, Welcome to the Neighborhood -

 

douglas58 have you tried getting a tool like dvdx rescue to read the disc,if theyre is a prob with the disc it will tell you but where other tools fail this one can back the movie to your hard drive and from there you should be able to transfer it to another blank dvd-/+ r disc.

andmerr

 

if you dont want to pay the price for that software which i should point out i bought for $130 australian dollars there is a small but useful tool on afterdawns software section called cd check.Run your disc though it see what it comes up with, at least then you should have a starting point as to what you do next

andmerr

 

hi dougal58.........in my first early attemps i was using DVDx express to create my back-ups and found that indeed this does ceate a copy that is protected.

as has earlier been pointed out to you......DVDDECRYPTER and DVDSHRINK will sort out all these probs for ya.......and the bonus is that both are totally free!!!!

 

Thanx everyone for replying,sorry to be a pain but i have tried to copy a few copies and get similar messages with shrink decrypter and smartripper,but to me the discs look really clean,i have'nt had a problem with backing up all my original dvd's i get similar messages from my writer when i try to copy from there,i also think my dvd reader is about goosed as it came with the machine when bought new almost 3 years ago and has had a lot of work with audio discs over the 3 years,but why would my writer give me similar messages?THANX Guys for all your input.

 

i think uncle Pete may well be right about this being poor media......try investing in a good dvd r/w disc and burn a film on that then try to take a copy of this back-up and see how you go

 

dougal58,

Here is that CD Check that andmerr mentioned -
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cdr_software/cdr_tools/cdcheck.cfm

Thinking about it I thought you might use this handi little too that checks your drives and discs


http://www.dvdinfopro.com/

Pete

 

Thanx everyone for your help,Scubapete i will download them tools today and let you know how i get on,THANX again everyone.

 

Hi everyone, My dvd rom seized up completely this morning, bought a new one jvc lite-on best £25 i ever spent solved all my problems copying great now no problems....... well just this one,try to copy using nero 6.0.0.16 bundled, message tells me not enough space on disc,i know this was a problem with 6.0.0.15 and there was a patch for it but i can't find a patch for this version or is it another cause completely.
Thanx again everyone for your help,this forum is just a mine of information.