Monday, August 10, 2020

How to backup audio (music) CD's to your Windows 10 hard drive

I tried a few tools that didn't work, but here's what ultimately worked for me:

  • Create a bin and cue file from your audio CD using ImgBurn (https://www.imgburn.com).  Choose the "Create image file from disk" option, and then choose "*.bin" for the "Save as type" option.

  • Once you have the .bin and .cue file, you can mount the .cue file as a virtual drive using Daemon Tools Lite (https://www.daemon-tools.cc/products/dtLite).
  • Once the .bin and .cue file is mounted as a virtual drive, you can use iTunes to create mp3's or lossless ALAC files.

  • Alternatively, if you want to burn the bin and cue file to a blank CD-R or CD-RW, you can use ImgBurn. Choose the "Write image file to disc", and choose the .cue file.

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