have a CD-RW-- but no CD-ROM-- how to record CD's?

[PrineFan]

right now i have a computer with both a CD-ROM and a CD-RW drive. so i just put the music cd in the CD-ROM, and record the tunes from there onto the CD-RW.

but what if I build a computer with just a CD-RW drive, and no CD-ROM.

am curious... .... how does one record musical CD's?

do you first record the songs to the hard drive? and then record from the hard drive to the CD-RW drive?

thanks

 

[Jman13]

Yup. Just use a ripping program to rip the songs to .wav files on your HD, then burn them back onto the CD. I prefer CDex for ripping. If there's special stuff on the disc, or even if there isn't, you can still choose CD-CD Copy, and the CD-RW will make a disc image on the HD, then burn the image to the new CD.

Jman

 

[Pauli]

Yeah, you can do it like jman says, but keep in mind that many people prefer not to use their CD-RW as a general purpose reader because it puts more wear and tear on the drive. However, this thinking is starting to change because CD-RW drives are almost as cheap as regular CD-ROM drives nowadays. Personally, I have a DVD drive as my main reader.

 

[cholley]

Cd clone is also a good tool, it makes an image file on the hard drive

 

[shurato]

Your cd burning software should be able to make cd copies without a cd-rom drive just using your cdrw drive. For instance, nero will copy the contents of your source cd to your hd then duplicate it by writing it to a cd-r afterwards.