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

Anonymous
2012-01-20T16:03:44+00:00

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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2012-01-20T16:48:41+00:00

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 Reputation points
2012-01-20T17:09:13+00:00

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
2012-01-20T22:05:21+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2017-05-13T17:01:29+00:00

    I am trying to copy a CD, but can't figure out how to do it on Windows 10.

    In the "old days," when I put a CD in the drive, a menu came up and asked me what I wanted to do with it, including burning it or making a copy of it.  Now, there is NOTHING!!!  You say this is better operating system, but I can't even do what I once did.

    Please tell me what needs to be done and where you've hidden the technology in Windows 10 that will enable me to continue doing what I was able to do before.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-10-18T01:04:59+00:00

    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.

    Why can't you give a simple answer?  I have tried to copy a cd to a blank cd-r.  I put in the cd to be copied from and it gets all the files.  Then I click burn to disc - it says to insert a blank disc, and when I do it says the disc is not formatted.  Then I went to Google and it says to not plan on Windows to burn a cd, but instead use Windows Media Player.  I did that, and put in my disc to be copied from, and it picked up all 12 tracks.  Then I highlighted them and tried to drag them into the burn section on right as prompted - nothing.  They never appear there.  It says at the top to insert a disc, but if I take the original disc out to put in the blank cdr, all the files go away.

    Tony in AZ

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