CD transfer advise

[borderbilly]

Due to car makers not putting CD players in the cars i have a problem. My old laptop had a driver in it so i could rip cd,s onto it then transfer onto a stick to play in car. Now the laptop is in recycle heaven my new one has no optical drive. Question is can anybody recommend a external drive that is easy to work for this auld codger, and must be cheap. TIA.

 

[Jcloughie]

I am not able to recommend, but here is an example, lots more on Amazon.


John

 

[Mr Plodd]

The one John has linked to will do the job you want, no point spending any more.
You will however still need a "Ripping" programme, you may well already have it on your new laptop, if not there are plenty of free ones online.

 

[otherclive]

I bought one similar to this to transfer music CDs to my Mac and portable devices.

Maplin External CD Burner DVD Optical Drive Reader & Writer with Built

This is a Maplin External CD Burner DVD Optical Drive Reader & Writer with Built-In USB-C / USB-A 3.0 Cables. It enables rapid burning of CD/DVD media with 24x write speed for CD and 8x for DVD and is powered by your laptops USB port. A built in dual USB-C & USB-A cable means it's ready to go...

www.maplin.co.uk

 

[Sam Vimes]

Pretty much any external Dvd/Cd reader/writer with usb interface will do the job.

Does your car radio have a usb port? Mine does so I load my music onto a usb memory stick and play them from that.

 

[Sam Vimes]

Other options are...

If you have a smartphone and your car has Bluetooth, copy the music to your phone and stream it from that. Even without Bluetooth you may be able to connect a lead from your phone's headphone socket to the aux input on the car radio.

 

[Mr Plodd]

Does your car radio have a usb port? Mine does so I load my music onto a usb memory stick and play them from that.

Read the original post, the OP talks about transferring music "to a stick to play in car"

 

[Sam Vimes]

Must go to Specsavers

 

[otherclive]

Read the original post, the OP talks about transferring music "to a stick to play in car"

But doesn't he have to rip the music off a CD onto the laptop to then transfer it to a USB, and his new laptop doesn't have a CD drive.


" Question is can anybody recommend an external drive that is easy to work for this auld codger, and must be cheap. TIA."

 

[Sam Vimes]

This is what I use on my laptop...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0D148ZDB5?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

 

[borderbilly]

But doesn't he have to rip the music off a CD onto the laptop to then transfer it to a USB, and his new laptop doesn't have a CD drive.


" Question is can anybody recommend an external drive that is easy to work for this auld codger, and must be cheap. TIA."

You are correct.

 

[borderbilly]

This is what I use in my car.

 

[Mr Plodd]

The original post was perfectly clear

"My old laptop had a driver in it so i could rip cd,s onto it then transfer onto a stick to play in car."

Jcloughie posted a link to a CD drive, I endorsed that, and added that the OP would need some ripping software #3

Sam Vimes then questioned whether the OP had a USB socket in his cars radio #5

I pointed out, in #7 that the OP had mentioned a USB stick in his original post, which Sam acknowledged in #8

So all necessary points, CD drive, the need for ripping software, and the fact the OP had a USB drivl were covered very early on.

It certainly helps a lot to read ALL of the posts to check on the contents prior to posting to prevent the doubling up of information.

 

[Sam Vimes]

If we want to be completely pedantic the original post stated that his laptop had a  driver in it. I wasn't aware of any laptop having seats for a driver.

Equally my wife uses a stick but there's no way to plug it into the radio even if she could walk without it.
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[Mr Plodd]

My post wasn't aimed at you Sam, but at others.