DVD's to an external hard drive

Hi All, I'm new here, and looking for a bit of help! I've just bought a 1TB My World external hardrive as I'm going to be working away from home for a while. I was hoing that I could copy a bunch of my DVD movies to it so that I could take it with me while away. Does anyone know how/if I can do this?
Thanks for the help
Sam

 

Rip the DVD with DVDFab HD Decrypter and save it as an ISO file..
Play back using a decent player, like 'VLC'

http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm

If you wish to cut down the storage size, run the output through DVD Shrink.

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_shrink.cfm

 

Thats great - will give that a go tonight. SAve me being too bored in a hotel room!