abhi...

Dude You must very well understand first that there are 2 main basic types of DVD'S 1. 4.7 Gb of single layer DVD (Also known as DVD5)2. 8.4 Gb of Dual layer DVD (Also known as DVD9)the one dvd you are talking about is the DVD9 version. When you rip or backup the dvd into your sytem or even try to burn the DVD to another one you will need the same or the higher type of dvd for burning. When you get that DVD you can easily burn your original dvd into it. Otherwise you can shrink the dvd (DVD9) to fit into the DVD5 version by just excluding some material from the original DVD......

Her's my system config :-Pentium 4 3 ghz with ht tech. and the lga 775 interfacetwo 80 Gb sata hard discs with 2 more empty slots remaining1024 Mb of DDR 400Mhz ramXFX Geforce 6600GT 128MB Video card with dual monitor support17" flat screen Samsung MonitorDual Layer DVD writer Wireless Keyboard and Mouse (Microsoft)Pinnacle TV Tuner CardWhat else cud i ask for.??? It runs each and every damn game available in the market very well without skipping any frames......

We all know that the Vista is still in the beta stages. I just downloaded and installed the beta version and oh man, let me tell you one thing. Microsoft is good at designing the os. It really looks damn pretty. The interface is very very good and still easy for a begineer to operate. But one negative of the vista is that it is damn slow even on 512 mb ram and 3 ghz core. maybe its due to the beta version lets hope the final release is much much faster and less buggy.....