Jan 05 2008
Ripping Music CDs to your Personal Computer
So you just got the latest and greatest MP3 player, with gigabytes of storage just hungry for your music collection! As you stare at the mountain of CDs, you ponder how in the world you are going to get it from there to your new shiny toy.
You may not know that if you are running Windows XP (as everyone who isn’t a Unix geek should be), you already have the tool necessary to be on your way to your personal music world.
By using Windows Media Player (found under your start menu,
or in Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe) it is simple and pain free. Once you have the program open, you can choose the Copy from CD option (normally found on the left hand side).
From here it’s as easy as clicking Copy Music up at the top and then choosing where you want to save your music. Generally, Windows will default to your My Music within your My Documents folder.
All that’s left now is to drag-and-drop your music files to your MP3 player once it is connected to your computer. If you have an iPod, you will, of course, be using iTunes, which will be explained in a later article.
Now you can enjoy your entire music collection (or a portion, depending on size!) wherever you go.