I want to copy an Audio CD. Problem is when I drag and drop from CD into a Folder (deskop) it only makes it a Shortcut, no Data Transfere. Insight is its a Talking Book, so I make it Data then get 10 CDs on one Disc. Anybody got an idea it used to work okay. Using I.E.

I want to copy an Audio CD. Problem is when I drag and drop from CD into a Folder (deskop) it only makes it a Shortcut, no Data Transfere. Insight is its a Talking Book, so I make it Data then get 10 CDs on one Disc. Anybody got an idea it used to work okay. Using I.E.

You can't do it like that.

To copy to your Computer

You have to "Rip" which rips the audio information to a file, such as a MP3.

You can use Windows Media Player or iTunes to convert the music to your PC. Both programs should provide you with a "Rip" feature once read.

To copy to another CD

You can use many programs, however google CD burner XP. Providing you have a CD-RW drive it will read the audio CD to the PC, then ask you to place a blank CD in the drive, then it will write to that.

Let me know if you need more help mate

Edited 5 June, 201016 yr by foey

Foey, What I want to do and have done in the past is ---- Insert my Audio Book cd 1, drag the 24 tracks into a Folder on my desktop, name it cd 1, the continue the process untill I have done all 10 cd's. I then go to Nero and burn 10 cd's on to one disc as Data. The problem now is that everytime I try to drag from CD to Desktop Folder it only puts it in as a Shortcut 1kb. Thanks

Foey, What I want to do and have done in the past is ---- Insert my Audio Book cd 1, drag the 24 tracks into a Folder on my desktop, name it cd 1, the continue the process untill I have done all 10 cd's. I then go to Nero and burn 10 cd's on to one disc as Data. The problem now is that everytime I try to drag from CD to Desktop Folder it only puts it in as a Shortcut 1kb. Thanks

Are you sure all of the previous audio books were not in MP3 format? (Data discs in the first place)

The only way your method could be done is if you had some software which converted the audio track as soon as you dragged it, in which case that program would need to be the default program for opening audio cds.

No all Audio Books in Audio, I put them on the Desktop as Audio then burn as Data. Either a Programme or something has changed a setting. So it only transferes a Shortcut and not the folder. Done the process many times before but something has gone tits up.

I dont understand how you think you can get 10 CDs onto one?

Each CD can store 80 minutes of audio or around 600mb of data. So unless you convert and compress them, or each CD is only 8 minutes each, then I dont understand how you intend to do this. CD > DVD sure.

I dont understand how you think you can get 10 CDs onto one?

Each CD can store 80 minutes of audio or around 600mb of data. So unless you convert and compress them, or each CD is only 8 minutes each, then I dont understand how you intend to do this. CD > DVD sure.

Well, if you copy from music CD format and write out to mp3, it probably would.

Sounds like you used to have some sort of desktop extension that automatically managed CD ripping to MP3. It wouldn't work any other way.

Phil

Sorry Guys I have sorted the problem out, explained to foey had a Blonde moment. The Audio Books are run through EasyMP3, and put into a folder on the desktop. These are then wrote out to CD as Data. ie 8/10 CDs in data format. I totally forgot about encoding tracks through EasyMP3.