I don't know if this would work, but if you've got two disc drives, then this might be of benefit*:
1. Download the ISO for Ubuntu 9.10 here (if you've got a 64-bit capable processor, then you can get the 64-bit edition if you'd like - select it from the alternative download options on the Download page):
http://www.ubuntu.com/2. Use ImgBurn to burn the ISO to a CD-R or DVD-R (use the Write mode or the Write image file to disc option).
3. After it finishes burning and all, with the disc in the drive, restart your computer. Do make sure that your computer can boot from CD. This should be the default behavior, but sometimes things get wonky and you have to select this from the BIOS.
4. When the disc's boot menu appears, confirm that you want to use English as your language, and then select the 'Use Ubuntu without any change to my computer' option.
5. It will now load the operating system off the disc and boot into it instead of Windows. When you get to the desktop and everything has finished loading, insert the Funimation DVD into your other DVD drive.
- If it recognizes the disc, then great - if you've got an external hard drive or an 8 or 16GB USB flash drive, then you can copy the VIDEO_TS folder from the disc to the USB or external drive. Once you're back in Windows, you should be able to simply point the decryption program at that folder (or perhaps at the folder which contains it), and it'll process the data just as if it was reading it from the drive with a disc that works.
- If the disc doesn't work, then chances are there are issues with the disc itself.
6. When you're finished, click the button in the upper-right hand corner (which denotes the 'user', or should), and it'll have a drop-down menu from which you can restart the computer or shut down entirely. Either way, it'll shut down and you'll be prompted to retrieve the disc from the drive.
*If you've got a Mac, then you might want to try reading the disc on that first. But if you don't, then what I'm suggesting is available to you for your existing computer(s).