Help - it takes hours to copy a music CD to HDD. Am using MS Media Player,
plenty of space on disc. Wasnt a problem before, possibly some thing to do
with SP2?

THx if u can help. Rich

"Richrich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6C4461E4-E8F7-47E7-AB0D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Help - it takes hours to copy a music CD to HDD. Am using MS Media Player,
> plenty of space on disc. Wasnt a problem before, possibly some thing to do
> with SP2?
>
> THx if u can help. Rich

Start > Run > type msconfg > enter > start up and see what yopu've got
running in the back ground.

See this site on what you can disable :

http://ww2.whidbey.net/djdenham/Uncheck.htm

or

http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html

Try using AudioGrabber (its free) to "grab" your CD tracks :

http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

Cheers,
jerry

Thx - will do all these suggestions (Comment - the first 2 links are mostly
Windows 9X versus XP)

"theplectrum" wrote:

> "Richrich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6C4461E4-E8F7-47E7-AB0D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Help - it takes hours to copy a music CD to HDD. Am using MS Media Player,
> > plenty of space on disc. Wasnt a problem before, possibly some thing to do
> > with SP2?
> >
> > THx if u can help. Rich
>
> Start > Run > type msconfg > enter > start up and see what yopu've got
> running in the back ground.
>
> See this site on what you can disable :
>
> http://ww2.whidbey.net/djdenham/Uncheck.htm
>
> or
>
> http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html
>
> Try using AudioGrabber (its free) to "grab" your CD tracks :
>
> http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/
>
> Cheers,
> jerry
>
>
>

"Richrich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5F4FC26C-79B7-4C81-860A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thx - will do all these suggestions (Comment - the first 2 links are
> mostly
> Windows 9X versus XP)
>
> "theplectrum" wrote:
>
>> "Richrich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:6C4461E4-E8F7-47E7-AB0D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Help - it takes hours to copy a music CD to HDD. Am using MS Media
>> > Player,
>> > plenty of space on disc. Wasnt a problem before, possibly some thing to
>> > do
>> > with SP2?
>> >
>> > THx if u can help. Rich
>>
>> Start > Run > type msconfg > enter > start up and see what yopu've got
>> running in the back ground.
>>
>> See this site on what you can disable :
>>
>> http://ww2.whidbey.net/djdenham/Uncheck.htm
>>
>> or
>>
>> http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html
>>
>> Try using AudioGrabber (its free) to "grab" your CD tracks :
>>
>> http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/
>>
>> Cheers,
>> jerry
>>
>>
>>

You can still apply them to lighten up XP !