Making backup copies of my dvd

[floyd11]

Is there any software that I can make a backup copy of some of my DVD movies. We live in WI and winter over for 5 months a year in TX. I would like to keep a copy of some of my movies down there so we don't have to cart them back and forth every fall and spring. Also that would give me a safety backup copy should something happen to my original.
I would like to find a free version of something as I wouldn't use it very often. I use Win 7 Pro.
Thanks for your help.
Floyd

 

[valis]

think I'm going to have to close this one up.

from the rules page:

Circumventing Copy Protection - While we believe it's reasonable to make backup copies of CDs and DVDs that you own, a lot of people break copy protection for the wrong reasons. The law is still vague, at best, as to if it is legal to break copy protection in order to make such a backup, even for personal use. (The DMCA, for example, seems to make it illegal.) As a result, we do not allow discussion of how to break copy protection at this time. If we can find a nice way to draw the line, we may reconsider this in the future as laws get sorted out.

thanks for understanding.

v