Originally Posted by Whisperer1

Tru
I have noticed you are a great proponent of dragging the entire contents of an original to a HDD folder and then using CloneDVD's "Write Existing Data" (3rd button) feature to get a working backup.

It has worked for me too. But I don't know why it works better with "Invalid Datablock Error" problems. (sometimes it doesn't rip that way either).

Assuming the original is not damaged or scratced, could you take the time to go into detail about why this method works better when one encounters the dreaded "Invalid Datablock Error" message when using CloneDVD's 2cnd button, "Clone DVD" (DVD-ROM drive to DVD-RW drive)? Perhaps touching on:

1. why the same drive and optics get a read with one method and not another? (slows the read speed? notice it does take longer.)

2. should one drag only the Video_TS folder to HDD and ignore the Audio (if present) or other folders on the original?

3. any thing else (or tricks and hints) you'ld like to share with us about the method.

BTW: I'm not demanding that you answer or disputing your good advice but I am curious if you'd care to respond.

Thanks Tru,
Whisperer