Copying CD

Question

Hello.  Can someone please tell me how to copy audio files from a CD to my laptop so that I can then copy them to another CD?  I tried to do this and received an error message from Windows Media that the files could not be played.  These are phone message files that are on a CD from my late father, and I am trying to make a copy of these messages for my brother.  Can someone please help me?  Thank you.

jphughan · Answer

For an ideal copy, use a tool like ImgBurn. Tell it to capture the CD to an image/ISO file, then afterward have it burn that image/ISO file to a blank disc. What you’re doing now in terms of copying individual tracks to your hard drive is called ripping, and that’s useful if you want to store the audio on your PC in easily playable format, but most applications default to using a compressed audio format that reduces quality, and when you burn tracks back to disc that way, you can lose things like gapless playback between tracks that existed on the original. An exact disc copy like ImgBurn preserves full quality and things like that.

sgr278 · Answer

Have you tried VLC player to listen to the media files? it's a long shot but it may work. Are you able to select the files and copy them to a folder on your hard drive. I have no idea of the configuration or age of your computer but I successfully copied media files back when I had Windows XP just by using copy and paste. Sorry when re- reading you comment I see you need to copy files to a CD. Do you know the format of these files? there are other programs out there that can burn a CD, Windows media player is just basic and cannot play all formats. Another idea is to put the files on a USB stick

Copying CD

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