Copying CD Music

Instead of inserting a CD into your computer every time you want to hear a particular song or piece of music, you can rip (copy) individual tunes or entire CDs onto your computer’s hard disk, after which you can play the saved music in any order you like. When you copy the music, you can set the file type for compatibility and the bit rate for balancing file size and quality, or you can just set the defaults and forget about the individual settings.

Rip from a CD

  1. Place the music CD in its drive. If the AutoPlay dialog box appears, choose to play the CD using Media Player.

  2. Click Rip to select the Rip tab if it isn’t already selected. ...

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