how to: copy a CD to another CD which is blank

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Original Title**: where is the "disk copy" command?**

Using Windows Explorer (in Windows 7 64Pro) I see no familiar "disk copy" command to automatically make a backup copy of a CD or DVD that is currently in my DVD burner. How can I use Windows Explorer to copy a disk that is in the D: (DVD) drive?

(I have tried various combinations of this question in the Help menu installed with Win 7 w/o any answer that remotely addresses this very simple [and I must assume common] question....similarly, I found no answer at the Windows 7 home page...)

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Anonymous

Using Windows Explorer (in Windows 7 64Pro) I see no familiar "disk copy" command to automatically make a backup copy of a CD or DVD that is currently in my DVD burner. How can I use Windows Explorer to copy a disk that is in the D: (DVD) drive?

(I have tried various combinations of this question in the Help menu installed with Win 7 w/o any answer that remotely addresses this very simple [and I must assume common] question....similarly, I found no answer at the Windows 7 home page...)

Diskcopy is a DOS facility. Since Windows arrived some 25 years ago, you do these things with a graphical user interface rather than with a command.

Open two Windows Explorer frames, then drag the DVD item to wherever you want it on your hard disk. That's all.

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Günter Born 49,461

Beside the answer given by Pegasus - as far as I remember, discopy has been removed als context menu command in Windows 7 (because it was only used for floppy discs in previous Windows versions).

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Anonymous

Ok...upon further investigation, I suppose the only way to perform a "disc copy" to to drag all the contents of the CD to a folder set up for that purpose on C:, remove the original CD, insert a blank CD, drag all the files back to D: and click: "Burn to Disc"...a bit more cumbersome but workable...and, I did spell disc as disk....so, I need to be more careful with my questions...

Windows 7 does not have a direct "CD Copy" function but some third-party programs do, e.g. ImgBurn (www.imgburn.com).

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2017-07-01T09:53:06+00:00
You are apparently unable to write a reply which someone with limited computer skills can understand or use.

There are several ways to encourage a volunteer forum respondent to explain in detail how to solve a specific problem, e.g.
- By asking "Could you please post a full step-by-step description of your method?"
- By posting a derogatory comment such as "You are apparently unable to write . . ."
You need to decide for yourself which method might give you better results.
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Anonymous

2017-07-01T00:58:48+00:00

I find it interesting - you are apparently unable to write a reply which someone with limited computer skills can understand or use. OK, it is done with a gui rather than a command ...

So if I open a Window Explorer frame, I have to put the CD I want to copy from into my laptop, and it reads it and puts it - - where? Then I open a 2nd WE frame - assume I have get the 2 frames to appear side by side on my screen, and then theoretically I could drag the disc contents to ... where?

And at what point do I take out the 'from' cd and insert the to' cd.

Yes, MS OS systems can be frustrating - if there was ANY alternative, I would abandon MS, Bing and all the rest of it in a heartbeat. But some of your replies are equally vague, frustrating and unhelpful ...
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