Making back up copies of my CD collection

T

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I want to send my forty CD's home. I dont have much space and rarely listen to them, except if i am driving. So I was thinking of making copies of them as a backup if my computer fails and to listen to in the car. This sound like a good idea? The original CD's will be in their cases in my parents attic if i ever want them back.

My main question is however, what is the best way to copy them, from itunes burning to discs or using nero? If I use nero what settings do I use?

Well my CDs are 700MB 2-48x whatever that means. Should i just burn from itunes? Or use nero? And what functions would I use in nero is it CD to CD?

Is Itunes fine?
 
what about nero would make an exact copy?

was just talking to a guy in an electonics shop and he said itunes copied the discs with the MP3 format which might work in a car stereo and as a backup, but not on a hi-fi. If I wanted to get the aiff files like you said so it play anywhere, how about nero? He said that would work, is that right? If that is right is it CD to CD or which functions in nero?
 
backing up a cd is a crime punshable by death. you are only allowed to listen to the music from the orginal CD.
 
diroga said:
backing up a cd is a crime punshable by death. you are only allowed to listen to the music from the orginal CD.
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This is incorrect. Current Fair Use provisions in copyright law permit you to make a copy of a CD that you already own for your own use as a backup, as long as you keep it, do not sell it, and do not give it away to anyone else as a gift.
Tom
 
So the cd to cd copy i created in cdclone is the copy in aiff format? So I can play it anywhere? I have CDclone on trial for a month I think.
 
diroga said:
backing up a cd is a crime punshable by death. you are only allowed to listen to the music from the orginal CD.
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lol, the things i see on CF. :P:P
if you legally purchased the CD it's good you backup, why not use Windows media player and rip.
But one thing to be aware of, if it's for personal use ok, but if you're copying for mass distribution now this will be piracy :cool:
 
if you have two CD drives, one a burner and the other either read or write, you can copy/duplicate CD easly using Nero. you use one drive to read a cd and the other drive burns it. very useful program.
 
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