cds

Hi all, I found .wbz files on old CDs. Pls advise what program shall I run to read them? Tks. Regards

I have quite a few old cd's , is there any software i can find how long a burnt cd is . I'v been sorting them and some i have turned to flac mode . Other's i'v just left , i,v renewed all the front and back cover's . Some i put the year made and time on them , on the cd itself which is alright ...

I just purchased a new PC with Win 10 and only after taking it out of the box did I discover there is no DVD player in this unit. I kept my old unit from the previous PC (Win 8.1) and I would like to know if there is a way to rig it so I can use it as an external device? I know, most...

Hi I'm having a problem with my computer getting it to read cds. Some work and some don't. For example, a Windows 7 install disc won't load, nor will the computer motherboard disc while other burnt discs of larger size will load normally. It seems that the size of the disc has no bearing on the...

i'm shopping for some (a suite) software that will: 1. burn video dvds 2. convert audio 3. rip cds (with cddb support) i tried cyberlink media. failed miserably. anyone know of anything else?

I have not been able to load my cd's onto windows media player in windows 10. There is no "rip" feature. I also tried downloading music from me smartphone, and that does not work either. It seems like I have to buy an app in order to load cd's that I've already paid for. If this is true...

According to this article, standard CDs and DVDs have a life of only 3 to 5 years. I had been under the impression that they last decades. If the short life is true, we all need a system to copy disks every few years. The focus of the article, though is a new medium (M-DISKs, optical disks...

So far I know you can make a recovery of 8.1 using a usb drive. Is there any other possibility like buy cds from Microsoft, since I did the free upgrade?

Happy Easter everyone! I would so appreciate it if someone here could lend a helping hand. Here's the scenario. I have a laptop that came with Win 7 Home Premium. We got that reduced price version of Win 8 awhile back. We had installed it on top of Win 7 and most everything had worked at...

Looks like someone has already asked about this ,but didn't get an answer. Ok i will try. i can't get my computer to transfer music from cd's to my music in my computer. Any ideas.

Windows 7 x64 latest updates applied. WMP 12 now cannot rip CDs. :mad: It was set up and worked fine, but the disk that the path pointed to has been removed from system. Now ripping does not work, and I cannot reset the path. THe options dialog just ignores the click on (CHANGE...) button for...

I just got parts for my new pc, but I'm not sure how to do a clean install of Windows on it. My current pc came with it pre-installed (no disk with it) and I have the serial key for it. Anyone know how I can do this? I have no idea. Also I have an 8GB usb drive and 500 fresh CDs.

Please help!!!! Media Player12 is not working properly. All drivers are up to date and windows says all should be working. Have 32 bit Dell Home Premium desktop. Seems the E drive is unable to read any disc I put in. I get pop-up saying insert media. I have tried store bought CDS and DVDS and...

One fan of love songs has had his CD collection and stereo confiscated after he kept his neighbours awake by blaring out Whitney Houston hit I'm Every Woman. The man in question, who has not been named, irritated other people living in his Folkestone block of flats by playing his 'tiny...

I'm so mad I could SCREAM!!!!!! I have a new computer that I started up today. UNlike WMP on xp which worked very intuitively and easily, I cannot put all my music into wmp on 7. I have tried and clicked and tried and cannot find any logic to how this is setup. Prior to removing the old...

In my "wisdom" when faced with the news of multiple burgarlies in my area over Christmas, & I then had to leave the house unattended for most of Christmas Day, I determined to beat the beggars should they decide to try my house, and went and hid my brand new Win 7 discs!! Unfortunately and...

Did anyone else get stuck with the stupid software operated DVD drawer? I have software where I'm required to swich CDs. When many of the windows are open, they lack a "collapse" option. So I have to close the windows till I get a "collapse" option. Then I can open the drawer to swich CDs...

I use Media Center to play and rip CD's. Is this some type of malware protection mechanism? Is it a glitch? Will it be addressed later in a service pack? I love Media Center. I try to use it whenever possible but especially for playing and ripping cd's. For now, under start>default...

Hi I have a Sony Vaio FW21L. In installed Windows 7 RTM MSDN version. I then tried to install all the drivers and sony software using the recovery cds but everytime it gets to 50% I get the error: vaio error 505 41 and the installer closes. Does anyone know how I can sort this? Thanks

Well the problem's fairly simple, my optical drive won't read DVDs on W7. CDs work fine (I tried Diablo 2 & Warcraft 3) but DVDs won't work. I tried one I burned myself, several games and a few dual-layer ones. Windows just doesn't see a disc in the drive and when I want to open the disc from my...