www.makemkv.com

Got sorted in the end Woodstock !!
Wasted a lot of time and I think it was the discs all along.

Am going as you suggest with makemkv on windows with setup disc I got through post through post.
At least I discovered that this is best route from you.

I was concentrating on some old steam railway ...

Thanks Woodstock.
I will go over to the linux side of my pc and have a go.
Does the registration code supplied to me for pc still apply in the linux side.

James

Thanks Woodstock.
Will go with iso but cannot quite work out how to do it to the hard drive.
From what I can see it is assuming I want to copy an iso the other way around.
Will play about with it but if you have a quick solution that would be helpful.
Thought I got there once but it came up with an ...

I have just purchased disc on line and playing about with it at the moment to familarise myself.

What I want to do is transfer my dvd stock and cd stock to external hard drive/s over a period of time.
I will not be creating any new copies.
I have both a linux mint and windows 10 dual boot.

What I ...