MakeMKV is the best option. It rips it directly off the disc exactly like it was put on the disc.
lkeels
joined 11 months ago
The stuff on my drives is absolutely that important, and I have backups of all of it.
If you have a backup, not concerned at all. If not....extremely concerned.
If you didn't have a backup, you already know, it wasn't important.
SSDs do not lose data without electricity. This has been debunked as far back as 2015. That said, reasonable safe storage conditions (temperature, moisture, etc.) should be a no brainer. Don't shove them in a box in an outdoor storage building for years and expect good outcomes.
Yep, tossed hundreds of discs. Most of them were "backups" of Netflix discs, but they are long gone.