DVD copies on notebooks

If you have a DVD burner on the notebook, a software program that will make copies of DVDs and enough hard drive space to store the video required, you should be able to do this. I have a two drive setup on my desktop and it still temporarily stores the video on the hard drive during the burning process. And with a single drive, it would have to do this.

My short answer is that its not an issue since all the software I've seen reads the DVD and stores and intermediate copy on the hard disk.

But since laptop drives are fairly expensive and laptop repair is out of reason, maybe an external DVD writer is a good idea?

Spotted as low as 99 bucks at clearance houses...
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That will vanish when they run out and yes, Cendyne is no more, so there's no real support.

Bob