Does Ripping A CD cause damage to the disc?

Question

I recently ripped a CD onto my computer and when I played the CD several songs were messed up. No skipping (as if the CD was scratched) Instead, the CD will mix songs for example it will start playing a particular track and then without warning start playing a portion of another song on the CD and then revert back to the first track. Is this a result of ripping the CD. The CD is a burned copy of a purchased CD. Sorry If this is confusing I tried to make it as clear as possible. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks

Predator · Answer

Hi Tech Girl,Extracting 'ripping' the data from a CD will not, or I should say is not suppose to damage a disc. Best Regards! God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell thedifference. CD/RW Link

User97502 · Answer

You mention that the disk giving you problems is a burned copy of a retail purchased music CD.  DRM could be causing this problem.  Retail CD's are now (almost always, anyway) protected by anti-copy software.   Does this burned copy play correctly in a home CD player or in a car CD player?  Does it play correctly in the CD (or DVD) player in your computer?  Has this burned copy been finalized so that no more writing to the CD can occur?   Just thinking out loud.  I think Predator has a huge edge on this kind of issue as far as knowledge is concerned.  Let's see what he thinks if he replies to further posts.

Predator · Answer

Hi Tech Girl,First, my apologies for such a short reply on my part, I was late for an appointment and in too big of a rush.User97502 covered this very well, it may indeed be a copy protection issue or depending on the original CD, the Sony Rootkit. If you could possibly address his questions in the second paragraph and also a couple more from me: is the drive running in DMA mode (UDMA-2) and not PIO mode; what is the name/model of the drive in question; is this the only copy you have problems with?Best Regards God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference. CD/RW Link

computer_tech_g · Answer

First off, Predator and User 97502 I want to say that I appreciate your replies. I've ripped other CDs since the one in question and had no problems. Therefore, I don't think there could be an issue with the drive. I'm leaning more toward there being a problem with the disc itself. If the CD was scatched I'm guessing that the audio playback I received after ripping it ( the songs cutting out and switching back and forth between songs) was the computer's attempt to read the CD. Again, thanks for the help. I'll let you know if I have any further problems.

Predator · Answer

Thanks for getting back with us C-T-G !! Nice job of trouble shooting and I too concur with your thoughts as well.

Best of luck with your system...

God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.

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