Best software to copy DVD's????

[dunedog]

I once tried CloneDVD2 during the 30 day trial period. I didn't get a chance to play with it for too long as after I installed it, I had computer problems.

Can you strip away the beginning garbage on DVDs? For example on some Disney DVDs you are forced to watch ads/previews before getting to the main menu selection. I would just like to pop in the DVD and start right away. I didn't see how to do that with the software.

The only thing I was able to figure out and play with was stripping away one of the surround sound features and degrading the video quality so that the copy would fit onto 1 DVD. I'm not putting down the software for that as I understand you have to do this with all copies, correct?

Right now I can't do a search for other posts on the topic as my computer web browsing is at a craaaaawwwlll. Norton found lots of spyware, but could not delete them. So I followed their instructions for deleting via erasing Registry entries and now my browsing is tremendously slooooooow. Pages load up slow than if I was on dial up. Aaaarrgh. Now i have an excuse to rid my computer of Windows Me (don't laugh....it worked for me, so I stuck with it). Reloading software is not something I look forward to.