Go ahead & install AnyDVD you will love it I have had it for 6 months or more with out a problem. I have friends that wont stop thanking me for telling them about it. Try it on that movie they have a free 21 day trail. It might help you with your problem because you dont have to rip to the drive. you can use any DVD burning program you what with it on the fly. This way you can use Clone DVD or Nero. Then just copy the move only. I have found that a lot of read error & incompadablitys are in the menu file ,extras & audio tracks. So only copy the english audio & try the 2 channel & 5.1 seperatly. With anydvd you can also use windows explorer & drag & drop each file in the TS folder one at a time to your hard drive. That way you might get the main movie file off the disc then use Nero's burn video files to DVD setting to burn it. Also useing anydvd you can use nero image drive. Use the setting copy dvd to image drive & nero will burn the complete DVD-9 movie to the hard drive without compression 7or 8 Gb of it. Now as long asyou keep that image file mounted in the nero image drive (virtual DVD player ) any program you have will think it is a real DVD but all the copy right suff is all ready removed. If you just want to have the back up to use on the PC try nero digital recode 2 & make make it into a Mpeg- 4. on one CD (I like the qualty with 2 CD aac 5.1 setting on the home theater profile ) Hey well good luck!!