"Hi, I'm trying to find a way to back up my DVDs to my computer but I'm kind of a novice in this aspect so I'm hoping to find a program that can back up my DVDs to my computer as an ISO file. Does anyone know anything about how to do this? My computer is running on Windows 10, if that helps?"

There are a certain amount of Windows 10 ISO creators you can use to create ISO from DVD on Windows 10. And it's actually not a bad idea to back up DVDs as an ISO file. You can use the ISO file to make new discs if you want to and there are programs that allow you to play the movie in the ISO file so you don't need to find the DVD disc every time you want to watch the movie. Instead, you can just play the movie with the ISO backup on your computer.

The best Windows 10 ISO creator to create ISO from DVD

Here I would introduce to you two of the best Windows 10 ISO creaters to create ISO from DVD Window 10 users could use.

#1. Leawo DVD Copy

Leawo DVD Copy is our top pick for a Windows 10 ISO creator. Not only can it create an ISO image from your DVD disc with no quality loss, it can also directly copy the DVD folder from the original disc to your hard drive. Further more, if you have more than one DVD drive, you can even use the program to directly copy a DVD disc to another re-writable disc. The ISO image you created with the program on Windows 10 can also later be used to create new DVD disc copies with Leawo DVD Copy as it can help you burn the ISO image to new recordable disc. All in all, it's an all-round DVD copying tool and one the best choices you can have to create ISO from DVD.

Leawo DVD Copy

#2. BurnAware

BurnAware is capable of doing a lot of things, one of them is helping you to create ISO image from DVD discs on Windows 10. If you need, you can also use it to burn the ISO image to new discs to create new copies. All these features can be found on its free version. You can create ISO from DVD and burn ISO to DVD using BurnAware without having to pay for it at all.

BurnAware

How to create ISO from DVD using Leawo DVD Copy

Leawo DVD Copy is powerful as well as easy-to-use. After reading the step by step guide below, you should be able to do it yourself next time. Here's the guide.

   

Note that when you download and install Leawo DVD Copy on your computer, you will get Leawo Prof.Media. It's because Leawo DVD Copy has been integrated into it and become a module inside it.

Step 1. Get the DVD disc ready by putting it in your DVD drive in advance. And then open Leawo Prof.Media, click the DVD Copy button to get into DVD Copy's interface.

Load DVD Copy

Step 2. Add the data in the source DVD disc to DVD Copy by selecting Add Blu-ray/DVD>Add from CD-ROM>[title of the disc].

Load DVD content

Step 3. There are a few important settings on the following page that you should pay extra attention to. The first one is selecting the disc type. Click on the drop-down button in the bottom left-hand corner and you will see DVD-9 and DVD-5 on the drop-down menu. Here's how to choose the most suitable option. If the original disc was DVD-9 and you want to create an ISO image with no quality loss, you should choose DVD-9 here. By choosing DVD-5 for a DVD-9 disc, there might be quality loss but the output ISO file will be smaller. If you only have limited space on your hard drive, you can consider compressing DVD-9 to DVD-5 by choosing DVD-5 from the drop-down menu. If the original disc was DVD-5, then you can only choose DVD-5 here.

Set disc format

Step 4. The next thing to do is select the content to include in the ISO file. Note that you don't have to have all the content included in the ISO image that's not what you want. You are allowed to choose the content you need manually. Click the Custom Mode button on top of the left column and then you can start picking the videos, audio tracks, and subtitles you need from the respective lists below. If you only need the movie to be included in the ISO file, you can directly use the Main Movie mode. Main Movie mode will only include the main movie in it along with one audio track and subtitles. After choosing Main Movie, you are allow to change the chosen video or audio track or subtitle on the list to new ones. The Full Movie mode is for you to include all the content in the ISO file. After having Full Movie mode chosen, you won't have to manually check the content from the lists. The video player on the right side allows you to play videos on the list. Just choose one of the videos on the list and click the Play button on the player window and you can directly watch the videos within DVD Copy. When you are using Custom Mode and trying to find the videos you need, you can first use the video player to play the videos and see if it's the video you want.

Select copy mode

Step 5. On the top-right corner of the video player you should find a Copy button in green background. Click on this button and you will see a new panel that comes out from the right side of the program. The purpose of this post is to show you how to create ISO from DVD, so here we need to check ISO file at the top. And then choose a place on your hard drive to save the ISO image in the output directory box under the Save to label. Afterwards, you are free to start creating the ISO image anytime you want by simply clicking the Copy button at the bottom.

Start creating ISO

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If you need, you can also check the Folder option at the top to create a DVD folder on your hard drive at the same time you create an ISO image. And Leawo DVD Copy will come in handy again when you need to burn the ISO image to a recordable disc as it can help you do that as well.

How to use BurnAware to create ISO from DVD

BurnAware is also a handy Windows 10 ISO Creator to create ISO Windows 10 users could use. It comes with a simple and straightforward interface that makes creating ISO easy for users of different levels. Below is how to create ISO from DVD with BurnAware on Windows 10.

  • 1. Download and install BurnAware on your computer first. Note that there are several different version of BurnAware and the BurnAware Free is sufficient for the ISO creating job.
  • 2. Start BurnAware on your computer, put the source DVD disc in your DVD drive and then click on the Copy to ISO option which can be found under the Disc Images tag.
  • 3. A new window will show up with several options and settings on it. Select the source DVD drive and set where to save the output ISO file on it.
  • 4. Click on the Copy button to start creating the ISO file.

BurnAware Copy to ISO

BurnAware is fairly a user-friendly piece of ISO Creator software, you should be able to use it to create ISO from DVD with no problem.

How to open an ISO file on your computer to watch the movie inside it

The DVD ISO not only serves as a backup of your DVD collection, it can also be the source of your entertainment as you can actually watch the movie with it on your computer.

Here's a program I'd like to introduce to you that can directly open an ISO image on your computer. It's called Leawo Blu-ray Player. It's a video player that comes from the same company as Leawo DVD Copy we used above to create ISO from DVD. As its name suggests, it's more than a simple video player, it can play Blu-ray/DVD discs. Since the built-in video player on Windows 8/8.1/10 no longer support playback of Blu-ray/DVD discs, Leawo Blu-ray Player would make a great alternative for playing Blu-rays on your computer. Besides, it plays most of the popular formats out there. It's a pretty comprehensive video player and it's offered to all users as freeware. You don't have to pay for its Blu-ray playback feature. And according to tests and reviews of certain websites, it only uses about 4% of your CPU's processing power when playing Blu-ray discs. So you're free to do other things with your computer when playing a Blu-ray disc on your computer and it won't slow your computer down.

Leawo Blu-ray Player

After having Leawo Blu-ray Player installed on your computer, just open it and drag the source DVD ISO file to its interface and it will start to play the movies or display the disc menu to you automatically.

If you decide to make a backup of your DVD collection, ISO image is actually a great choice to go with. And both Leawo DVD Copy and BurnAware would be more than enough to get the job done nicely. Just give them a try when needed.