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Mike the Fish
10-02-2007, 01:52 AM
OK I have a CD that does not play consistently in my player of choice. I figure making a copy could help (error correction of player/burner hopefully added into chain.) However, I only have a single DVD-RAM, CD-R.... drive on my PC. How do I do this? I have not figured this one out.
Cornholio
10-02-2007, 02:23 AM
Insert disc, read data, remove disc, insert blank disc, write data. Your software should have no problem doing this.
Curiosity
10-02-2007, 04:25 AM
Software such as nero smart suite recognize your single drive and all you to read first and then write to your blank.
A lot of folk here like EAC which works bit by bit.
I have a single Lite-on DVD/CD re-writer in this and it works just fine.
markshan
10-02-2007, 05:17 AM
EAC is your best hope of a clean copy, but it is not a great burner.

I would suggest rip with EAC, burn with Nero.
Mike the Fish
10-02-2007, 05:30 AM
media player will rip and burn. I was looking for effective a duplicate disc with identical spaces inbetween tracks for both original and back up. :)
markshan
10-02-2007, 05:35 AM
EAC > rip to single wav and create cuesheet.
powerq
10-02-2007, 06:12 AM
I used EAC for this recently. My Mercury issue of Thin Lizzy-Jailbreak had always skipped. I ripped it to my hard drive with EAC, burned it with nero to a high quality blank, and it's been perfect since.
traveller03
10-02-2007, 10:22 AM
EAC is your best hope of a clean copy, but it is not a great burner.

I would suggest rip with EAC, burn with Nero.

Out of curiosity what's bad about EAC as a burner? As far as I know it's the only program that allows you to set the write offset for your drive while burning. Should be the best to use. No?
Mike the Fish
10-02-2007, 10:25 AM
This skipper will not rip properly on affected track - am able to return it now.
Craig
10-02-2007, 10:40 AM
Out of curiosity what's bad about EAC as a burner? As far as I know it's the only program that allows you to set the write offset for your drive while burning. Should be the best to use. No?

I think early on EAC did not support a lot of burners, but now with CDRDAO I don't think that's as much of an issue.

Since I first started using EAC to extract in 1999 I've also used it to burn CDRs and haven't had any problems myself.
SonicZone
10-02-2007, 12:20 PM
EAC is the only thing I've ever used to burn Audio CDs for the last six years or so.

Hasn't produced a single coaster yet with my Yamaha, Plextor or LG burners.