How can l copy a cd without ripping it? l tried even setting it never rip but it still does. is it the vista window program?

When the CD was copied, a copy protection mechanism may have stopped the audio from being recorded. Essentially, playback of the original is normal, but software prevents recording by sending only silence, for the duration of the track, to the recording device.

Windows Vista, or newer, does this if you try to record from a streaming service (Rhapsody, Spotify, etc.) or directly from audio being played from a file.

If this isn't the case, try ripping the CD with a different program and re-burning it.

I don't know how it was copied (or ripped), so I can't give you a definitive answer.

You can't copy Audio CD's to a hard drive. The .cda format is meant for only CD's. You have to rip them to some other format for a hard drive to recognize (such as .wma or .mp3).

How to rip an Audio CD using Windows Media Player

QUICK RIP
You can do a quick rip if the "AutoPlay" menu comes out when you insert a disk in your computer's DVD/CD drive.

One of the options under AutoPlay is to "Rip Music From CD (using Windows Media Player)" which will automatically launch Windows Media Player and the Rip menu. Make sure you uncheck the "Always do this for Audio CDs" box so your computer doesn't automatically launch the Rip menu every time you insert a CD (i.e. in case you just want to listen to a CD next time).

Start the ripping process by clicking on the "Start Rip" button (e.g. in Windows Media Player 11, for example, it's on the lower right once you're in the Rip menu). You'll also have an option to use your Internet connection and have Windows Media Player automatically find details about the CD you're using so you don't have to fill out album and song details yourself (for this tutorial, let's assume that you're not connected to the Internet, which means you'll end up with an unknown album with unknown songs). You'll know the ripping process is done once all the songs show "Ripped to library" under "Rip status."

By default, Windows Media Player will rip your tunes in WMA format and save it in your "Music" folder. You can access the folder by clicking on the Windows logo at the bottom left of your computer's screen. For Windows XP, for example, it'll be the "Start" button. For Windows Vista or Windows 7, it's the circular icon with the Windows four-panel graphic that looks like a waving flag.
Clicking the "Start" button in Windows XP will bring up a menu box with "My Music" as one of the options. For Vista, clicking on the Windows button will bring up a menu with "Music" as one of your options. Anyway, clicking on either of those choices will open your music folder. Look under Unknown Artist and you should be able to find the Unknown Album you just ripped. Once you find the songs, you can rename them one by one.
To do a normal rip, let's go to the next step.


NORMAL RIP
For more options, like changing your ripped music's format to MP3 or changing the folder where you save your music, you can do a normal rip.

Start by launching Windows Media Player yourself via the "Programs" option by clicking on either the "Start Menu" tab in Windows XP or the Windows logo in Vista or Windows 7 (both at the lower left of your screen). Insert your music CD. (To simplify things, just cancel and close down the "Autoplay" menu in case it shows up.)

Once you're in the Rip menu, click on the Rip tab to bring up a list of options. "Format" lets you pick between Windows Media Audio formats, WAV, and the more popular MP3 format. The WMA and WAV both have "lossless" format options, which means the music will be ripped with no loss in quality. The MP3 format, meanwhile, offers wider compatibility with portable music players and smaller file sizes but sacrifices a certain amount of quality depending on the bit rate of your file. This brings us to the "Bit Rate" button, which basically lets you pick the quality of the rip. The default for bit rate is 128 Kbps. Note that the higher the bit rate you pick, the better the quality you'll get, but you'll also get a larger file size.

========this worked for me and should work for you too, please let me know if it helps========

When you ripped them, you probably used Windows Media Player which will add copy protection by default if you don't set otherwise.

Either

- Re-rip as MP3
- Re-rip with copy protection off

It is easier to re-rip than to try to remove copy protection.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Rip-music-frequently-asked-questions

And changing settings for ripping:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-settings-for-ripping-music

maybe the windows has this security issues. coz from my point of view windows vista is dedicated on security. so that's why you cannot rip most of the songs very well.

You could try Nero or even windows media player should be able to perfom this.

What type of CD did you copy? Different CD types have different methods for copying them (Example: a music CD has multiple tracks to copy; better to rip them then reburn them onto a blank disk; a DVD disk has multiple data, video and audio files protected on the disk, a straight copy wont work). Based on your question, you tried copying a music CD. Use a program like Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, or iTunes to rip the disk, then copy the ripped tracks to a blank disk. All three of these programs are free, and there are tons of other free alternatives out there to do this.

Open Control Panel. If you use Classic View, select Default Programs otherwise select Programs, then Default Programs. Select 'Set program access and computer defaults.' Select 'Continue' at the UAC prompt. Click on the expansion arrows on the right hand side of the 'Custom' option. Scroll down to where it says 'Choose a default media player:' Select anything except Windows Media Player' and make sure that the 'Enable access to this program' checkbox is checked, then click OK. Click on 'Set program access and computer defaults' again. Click the 'Continue' button on the UAC prompt. Click on the expansion arrows on the 'Custom' option again. Scroll down to 'Choose a default media player:' and select Windows Media Player, again ensuring that the 'Enable access to this program' checkbox is checked. Click on OK, close all open windows, and reboot the machine. This should solve the problem.

If you still have problems, let me know and I'll look for other options.

You don't need Creative's software to load music to your MP3 player
Use FreeRip to rip your CD's and use Windows explorer to transfer your ripped music (use copy & paste functions) onto the Storage Media/Music folder in your X-Fi.

I have Windows XP SP3 and installed Creative Centrale without problems.
I can RIP music from CD's using the program but I find the program freezes up after ripping a few CD's -
I think that the errors are linked with the database program loading the CD data.

Download software from the Philips website:

SA22X0 - http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/cpindex.pl?scy=GB&slg=ENG&mid=Link_Software&cat=MP3_PLAYERS_CA&sct=FLASH_AUDIO_PLAYERS_SU&session=20080627080643_82.5.154.61&grp=PORTABLE_ENTERTAINMENT_GR&ctn=SA2220/02&dct=PAL&did=ENG&file=/files/s/sa2220_02/sa2220_02_dmr_eng.htm


SA22X5 - http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/cpindex.pl?scy=GB&slg=ENG&mid=Link_Software&cat=MP3_PLAYERS_CA&sct=FLASH_AUDIO_PLAYERS_SU&grp=PORTABLE_ENTERTAINMENT_GR&session=20080627080455_82.5.154.61&ctn=SA2225/02&dct=PAL&did=ENG&file=/files/s/sa2225_02/sa2225_02_dmr_eng.htm



Sounds like the tracks you are trying to load are copy protected (DRM)

If you are using Windows Media Player, turn off the DRM protection as follows:

Right-click on the Media Player frame and select Tools then Options. (or just click Tools > Options if the file menu is in view)

Click on the Rip Music or Rip CD tab and remove the tick from the Copy Protect box.

Any CD's already ripped will need to be ripped again without the protection.

You can't. These movies are protected so they will not be read by your DVD player in copy mode.