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Where is the ripped CD located on my computer?

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Look in your Music Library; it should automatically be there with the title of the CD, or called "Unknown" with the date you ripped it, if the CD did not have a title embedded.

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What should I do if my burned audio CD will not play in my car's audio player?

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There might be a defect in the disc, or your car's audio player doesn't support the audio file type. Most of the time, .wav and .mp3 file types work.

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I have an audio CD of someone speaking. Can that be copied to another CD, and if so, what is the easiest and fastest way? I have a Windows 10 laptop with one CD/DVD thing only. Or I can pay to have it done if there is somewhere that does it?

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Copy the contents of the CD to your desktop. Remove the CD and insert the other CD. Copy the contents from your desktop to the empty CD. Done.

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It keeps rejecting my new CD and asking for a new CD. What should I do?

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Are you using a formatted blank CD? If so, even though you have formatted or reformatted it, it won't work. You need a never-used-before blank CD.

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I followed the above instructions and the CD will play the computer but not in my CD player. What did I do wrong?

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First check if you have the CD player as your default video player.If not, Open Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>Default Programs>Set Associations.Set the file association with the CD player.If you already have set it as the default player, Right-click on the file you want to play and select 'Open with' .Find your CD player in the list and click on it. The file should open in the CD player.

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How do I copy a CDA file to disk?

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1) Place a blank CD in the disk drive. 2) Open the Windows Media Player. 3) Click on the word Burn in the upper right hand corner. 4) Click on the downward pointing arrow next to Library. 5) You should see a list of types of media from which to choose. Click on the type you want to copy to CD. 6) Type the name of your burn list where it says Burn List. 7) Drag the items you want to copy over to where it says Drag Items Here. 8) When you have completed your list, click on Start Burn. 9) When burning is complete, your CD is ready for use.

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I get a message that says I can't burn the files when I try to copy or burn a CD with Windows Media Player. What do I do?

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Try ejecting the CD and putting it back in. If that doesn't work, the CD may have reached its maximum storage already.

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Media Player will not let me drag and drop song titles to the Burn List area. Therefore, the Start Burn button does not highlight. Can you help?

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I had this problem, but I'd forgotten to rip the CD to the hard drive first. It worked after that.

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I want to rip a CD then save it to an external hard drive. How do I change the burn location from CD to Hard Drive?

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You right click on the disk. Then you enter open. Then you copy the contents of the disk. Finally, paste it in the location want.

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Can I delete a track from a copied CD using Windows Media Player?

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Not unless it's a Read/Write CD. Generally, once you create a disk, that's it. You'd need to redo it without the track.

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