backing up DVD's

i have few dvds that arent in very good condition (they... um... fell accidentally...it wasnt me...)and i wanted to know if theres a program i can use to backup the dvd into an mpeg format so i can still watch them... is this possable?

Here's a few free choices to do the copying.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/col...54,pg,1,00.asp

Remember that there are licensing/legality issues if the DVD's are copyrighted material.

There are companies that repair damaged disks. That costs some money. There are also some devices such as this one..

http://www.drfixit.net

..that claim to be able to fix them as well but I've never used one. Perhaps someone else here has.

You could try DVDXCOPY PLATINUM which includes DVD X Rescue that is made for damaged dvd copying. I have not used the Rescue program myself but I use DVDXCOPY with invariably excellent results.

I concur. The DVD XCOPY family of products is the end-all, be-all of this genre. Works really well, simply nothing better.

;)

Two of my favorites:

http://www.dvd2one.com/

http://www.dvdtoavi.net/