Copy CD article

[KiwiBrian]

The following article describes how to copy a CD with XP.

http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips318.html

I am interested in the second method described.
The article does not say that this method does not work on a normal audio CD
that plays in a domestic audio CD player.
Is this the case, and the article only applies to a CD with data files on
it?
If so, this would appear to be a gross omission.
TIA
Brian Tozer

 

[Sharon F]

The following article describes how to copy a CD with XP.

http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips318.html

I am interested in the second method described.
The article does not say that this method does not work on a normal audio CD
that plays in a domestic audio CD player.
Is this the case, and the article only applies to a CD with data files on
it?
If so, this would appear to be a gross omission.
TIA
Brian Tozer

Just skimmed the article but didn't notice anything unusual in it. There
are situations where copyright protections will block "normal" procedures.
Perhaps this is one of them. If you feel the article is in error though,
you might want to drop a note to the author of that page.

For the few times that I've made copies of my music CDs, I've used Media
Player or Nero. Although Nero is third party, I usually have it installed
and on rare occasionS have Roxio installed instead.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Sharon,

I guess this section is what Brian is talking about:

<quote>
Select all the files and folders on the CD-ROM drive. You can do this several ways: manually by dragging the mouse over all the files, selecting Select All in the Edit menu, or by using the CTRL-A shortcut.
</quote>

This info does not apply to Audio CD (songs are stored as tracks), and one does need to Rip the contents to a file (MP3/WMA/WAV) and burn it to CD using WMP. So to create an "exact" duplicate of an Audio CD, a third-party tool (such as Nero) is required.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

The following article describes how to copy a CD with XP.

http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips318.html

I am interested in the second method described.
The article does not say that this method does not work on a normal audio CD
that plays in a domestic audio CD player.
Is this the case, and the article only applies to a CD with data files on
it?
If so, this would appear to be a gross omission.
TIA
Brian Tozer

Just skimmed the article but didn't notice anything unusual in it. There
are situations where copyright protections will block "normal" procedures.
Perhaps this is one of them. If you feel the article is in error though,
you might want to drop a note to the author of that page.

For the few times that I've made copies of my music CDs, I've used Media
Player or Nero. Although Nero is third party, I usually have it installed
and on rare occasionS have Roxio installed instead.

 

[KiwiBrian]

Thanks very much for the clarification Ramesh regarding the totally
misleading article.
Brian

Hi Sharon,

I guess this section is what Brian is talking about:

<quote>
Select all the files and folders on the CD-ROM drive. You can do this
several ways: manually by dragging the mouse over all the files, selecting
Select All in the Edit menu, or by using the CTRL-A shortcut.
</quote>

This info does not apply to Audio CD (songs are stored as tracks), and one
does need to Rip the contents to a file (MP3/WMA/WAV) and burn it to CD
using WMP. So to create an "exact" duplicate of an Audio CD, a third-party
tool (such as Nero) is required.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

The following article describes how to copy a CD with XP.

http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips318.html

I am interested in the second method described.
The article does not say that this method does not work on a normal audio
CD
that plays in a domestic audio CD player.
Is this the case, and the article only applies to a CD with data files on
it?
If so, this would appear to be a gross omission.
TIA
Brian Tozer

Just skimmed the article but didn't notice anything unusual in it. There
are situations where copyright protections will block "normal" procedures.
Perhaps this is one of them. If you feel the article is in error though,
you might want to drop a note to the author of that page.

For the few times that I've made copies of my music CDs, I've used Media
Player or Nero. Although Nero is third party, I usually have it installed
and on rare occasionS have Roxio installed instead.

 

[Sharon F]

I guess this section is what Brian is talking about:

Thanks, Ramesh. As I said, I had just skimmed the article. Easy to miss
things when still on your first cup of coffee.

Thanks again!

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Sharon,

Often happens to me as well. But in my case, I miss things in articles/pages more as the day progresses

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

I guess this section is what Brian is talking about:

Thanks, Ramesh. As I said, I had just skimmed the article. Easy to miss
things when still on your first cup of coffee.

Thanks again!

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome Brian.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks very much for the clarification Ramesh regarding the totally
misleading article.
Brian

Hi Sharon,

I guess this section is what Brian is talking about:

<quote>
Select all the files and folders on the CD-ROM drive. You can do this
several ways: manually by dragging the mouse over all the files, selecting
Select All in the Edit menu, or by using the CTRL-A shortcut.
</quote>

This info does not apply to Audio CD (songs are stored as tracks), and one
does need to Rip the contents to a file (MP3/WMA/WAV) and burn it to CD
using WMP. So to create an "exact" duplicate of an Audio CD, a third-party
tool (such as Nero) is required.