text: how do i burn dvds to my hard drive  using nero? hi, please help. i have got the software nero but i only bought it to burn dvds to my ipod. but the only thing is i do not know how to. the thing is can? i have attempted to burn it using nero recode but it wont do.please help! nero quite simply can't do it. nero is a commercially made software so they have to abide by laws in place about copying dvds. i have nero and have often gotten that error. if you need to pull stuff off the dvd, dvd shrink is a very useful tool. it is capable of cracking any protection i have ever encountered. it also has an option of compressing or shrinking (hence the name) the content of a dvd. it can also directly access the nero burning rom so you could copy a dvd directly from dvd shrink. nero has the option of loading .vob files into it's video editor. if you need the whole movie as a single video file, just import those files you ripped in dvd shrink and export.