using windows media player is easy, first make sure that it is set to 'rip' in mp3
go to tools>options>rip music ,then change the format to MP3 the quality should be 128K this is fine you can make it higher but this makes the track sizes bigger which is ok if you have room on your MP3 player and dont mind waiting slightly longer to put the tracks onto the player.
then insert a cd go to the rip window select the tracks you want and click rip music
the tracks should be put in your My Music folder if not there is a file root at the bottom of the rip window of where they are