Ripping CD Music

Windows Media Player (WPM) allows you to rip, or copy, one music track or an entire album from a music CD to your computer. When you rip music from a CD or download music from the Web to your computer, Windows copies music by the same artist into one folder in the Music folder and creates subfolders for each album. Windows gives you several ways to play the music on your computer.

Rip Tracks from a Music CD

Insert your music CD into the CD-ROM drive.
If the Autoplay dialog box appears, click Rip music from CD (using Windows Media ...

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