stupid question about ripping cds...i don't know how ?

[airduct]

can i rip audio music to my laptop's hard drive by using the cd rom? my laptop doesn't have a cdrw, but i just want to pull the info from the cd and transfer it to the harddrive... i don't think i need a cdrw right? i figured that i can read all of ther types of files and just want to move my cd music from the cd onto the hd. thanks for helping w/ this very elementary question.

 

[waitman]

with a program like music match jukebox and many others you can rip these mp3's no problem, just look through the options or help files associated with your program.

 

[gothictech]

Yes you can. You do not need to have a CDRW to RIP audio. Try using EAC, It is what I use and love it. It's a great program and free to.

 

[airduct]

thank you all for the replies. i just tried copying an audio cd just by locating the cd drive. however, all i saw were "shortcuts" to songs that were 1kb each. unfortunately, copying those files over didn't help. i don't have jukebox...but hoping windows media player will be able to rip these songs. thanks again... on my way to find eac

 

[gothictech]

Sorry I forgot to give the link to EAC.
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