How to Clone a DVD on a Computer

If you insert a copy protected one, an error message will appear and tell you it can’t read copy protected discs, which is a case for all free DVD burning software. To get rid of such a failure, a DVD decrypter is essential. 

WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro is a good program for removing DVD copy protection. It powerfully supports decrypting all common and advanced copy protections in DVD movies & TV shows and convert DVD to ISO image/DVD folder/video. You can use it to clone your DVDs as digital ISO image files for later ISO to disc burning. Here is how to operate it:

DVD discs can be used for saving various types of media content, from common videos and audio to applications, games, systems, etc. Over time the frequent use would cause inevitably scuffing and abrasion of DVD discs, therefore, it’s a wise action to clone some precious DVDs for backup. Typically, the DVD clone process can be finished simply since there is no dearth of good DVD cloner software in the market. If you have ever done some digging, you should not be unfamiliar with ImgBurn, Anyburn, CloneDVD, or DVDStyler. They all can handle the task easily. This time we will expound on how to clone a DVD in ImgBurn. But the method below is useful to cope with non-copy protected discs. Therefore, the program used in part 1 is more recommendable.

The whole process of cloning a DVD in ImgBurn is divided into two parts. Firstly, you need to create an ISO image from DVD, then burn the ISO to DVD. By the wasy, if your computer system comes with multiple disc drives, you can also choose to copy DVD to DVD directly and AnyBun is a good choice for it.

Install ImgBurn: https://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download. There are multiple servers for downloading the ImgBurn installer. Please carefully select a reliable source for the download, for instance, Softpedia.com and Techspot.com.

Step 1. Insert the DVD disc into your computer, then open ImgBurn, select Create image file from disc.

Step 2. Choose the source DVD drive letter that you want to create an ISO image from, hit the folder icon next to Destination, and specify the output file name and path. After the settings, click the Disc to ISO Image (Read) icon. It may take a while before the ISO image is exported completely.

Step 3. Eject the DVD disc and insert a blank DVD disc you want to clone the ISO image into.
Have no idea which type of disc you should use to burn a DVD? Check out the information of the main DVD disc types: DVD-R VS DVD+R l DVD5 VS DVD9

Step 4. On the ImgBurn home screen, select Write image file to disc.

Step 5 . Click the Browse for a file… button next to Source and select the ISO image created at step 3. Make sure you have selected the blank disc as the Destination. Finally, click the ISO image to disc (Write) icon to clone a DVD.  

We have completed how to clone a DVD. Generally, a free DVD cloner works for all home-made discs but if what you need to handle is a copy-protected DVD, we recommend you turn to a tool like WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro. You can also download it via this button: