How to Copy Files from A CD or DVD to a USB Drive

[@cwtek1]

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[@Kevinsosa5]

Probably in the top 5 best most informative tutorials I’ve ever watched. Straight to the point, not to fast and didn’t leave out anything.

[@cwtek1]

I am glad to help. If you haven't done so already please don't forget to subscribe to my KZbin Channel, its Free and easy to do so and you will find out about all my latest videos.

[@laripse01]

glazing a tutorial for senile target audience is crazy 💀💀

[@FunniestSquid60]

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[@chrishodges1672]

I've tried tutorials for transferring a dvd to a blank, but non work. So I looked at your tutorial to send to memory stick. Brilliant.

[@cwtek1]

I am glad you got that working.

[@mlevy697]

Chris' careful attention to little details in his explanation makes hia one of the clearest explainers I've encountered -- particularly for us seniors. One further question that I have is how to then automatically and continuously play a whole series (or album full) of musical files transferred to the USB.

[@cwtek1]

Thank you, I would see if you could make.a playlist in the app you are using to play the videos.

[@cecilmurray4388]

Chris you're fantastic you made it simple so that almost anyone can perform the task. Once I found your channel I had to subscribe.

[@cwtek1]

Thank you!

[@LifenSantaBarbara]

Thanks for your help, I'm really computer illiterate and things like this prove to be daunting tasks but your tutorial made it a breeze. Thanks again

[@cwtek1]

You're welcome!

[@johnbowles4754]

You and me both, I love to learn about these things and Chris is brilliant at making things easy to understand.

[@FunniestSquid60]

What do you do if the file says it's encrypted?

[@smon.7797]

Thank u mate 2025 still helpful 👍

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped

[@SlayMx_Sg]

Hi there I want to copy my school program dvd files to pendrive....is cd ripper required or should I follow these steps ? Hope you respond

[@cwtek1]

I would say try this video first. if it doesn't work then try a ripper.

[@davewanamaker3690]

Very easy to follow. Thank you for the clear directions. You would make a good teacher.

[@cwtek1]

Wow, thank you!

[@aaronbest747]

@@cwtek1 will this work for copying a cd to an mp3 player???

[@cwtek1]

@@aaronbest747 No you need cd ripper software to do this.

[@laurencedunkley8097]

Hello Chris, very informative and should have done what i wanted, however, music files transferred to flash stick ok, the data is is on the stick yet when played, nothing happens ie no sound,what have i done wrong? thank you.

[@cwtek1]

If you were copying files from a standard Music CD then the files you see are just data files, you need to run the CD through some CD Ripping Software.

[@laurencedunkley8097]

@@cwtek1 Ah, thought so, clever plan to reduce volume of cd's ...........but thanks for such a prompt reply. have subscribe to your excellent channel.

[@hongtan9547]

very clear explanations!! somehow the disc i want to copy to my usb , did not register , any suggestion , i can be played on my pc , but not on my usb , the file ends with..........track 01 .cda , is the disc protected ??

[@cwtek1]

You need to convert the tracks on the disc to mp3 files to get them to play on the USB, the cda file is just a small file which contains technical information rather than music, you can use iTunes to do this , take a look at this video in the link for more details on how to do this kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpjEi396n9JqrpI

[@bernardmcdonagh1557]

Many thanks Chris for your clear explanation, much appreciated. I have a question. I have acquired an external mini DVD player because I have some mini DVDs that need copying to my computer. I was going to connect the mini DVD player to my laptop via a HDMI cable since I have a HDMI port on the laptop and the mini DVD player and then see if I can copy over to a USB memory stick. Would this be the correct way of doing it?

[@cwtek1]

Unfortunately the HDMI on your laptop is an output and not an input so I’m afraid this will not work. You need to purchase a video capture device with a HDMI port.

[@kaylabryson1932]

Can you use the USB to watch on a smart tv?

[@cwtek1]

If your smart TV has the facility to play from USB!

[@Duckling08]

Thank you! You wouldn't happen to know where I can send old Hi8MP 120 camcorder tapes to have the footage moved to a USB ?

[@cwtek1]

unfortunately I don’t but if anyone here reading this can help then please let us know.

[@joeysmalls2378]

If I transfer it to a flash drive will the video still be on the CD. I want to transfer it but I don’t want it to get removed from the cd

[@cwtek1]

Yes it will still be on the CD.

[@ayahpc4108]

Thank you so much ❤🥺I liked the video and subscribed also didn't skip the ad because you deserve it

[@cwtek1]

Thank you so much 😀

[@ayahpc4108]

@@cwtek1 my pleasure 🤍🤍😊

[@Oliias]

If you want the files to go from the CD drive to the USB drive in a certain order, do you have to transfer them across in the order you want them to play i.e. if I want ten cd albums to play from album one, two, three etc, do I transfer album one across first or album ten?? Thanks.

[@cwtek1]

You need to to number the tracks 001, 002, 003 etc

[@shaivyasrivastava4217]

thankyou, can you advise how to copy a video file on DVD to USB drive

[@irenedrieman7318]

Hello, Great video, I know how to do photos, But am wondering when I download videos do I need to also add the other blank files Like BUP_ file, IFO_File that are on the same disc???

[@cwtek1]

You only need these files if you are planning to create a video DVD.

[@VibesWithChaki]

this video was much faster than the 1 i watched and THANK YOU SO MUCH i really needed music on my usb cuz all i have is cd's

[@cwtek1]

I hope this helped.

[@juliecartledge2870]

Thanks. Easy to understand and follow. The best instruction I've found so far.

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped!

[@Oliias]

Do I not need to format anything before adding to a USB stick? I'm transferring all my old CD's to stick to play in the car which doesn't come with a CD player. Thanks.

[@cwtek1]

You need to check you car manual to see what format the usb device needs to be formatted to it will probably be fat32 or fat or exFat.

[@Oliias]

@@cwtek1 Cheers, I'll try that.

[@raymondstpaul4913]

What if you wanted multiple movies on your flash drive how would you know which movie to select? Are they separated by titles to prevent confusion? What if you wanted to watch a movies extra features an subtitles? Is it on the movie menu similar to the DVD or Bluray?

[@cwtek1]

You can rename the Titles to match the movie name, with regards to subtitles most players have the ability to play subtitles.

[@maryeannkovatch6233]

You are amazing! You're so easy to understand for little OLD me. Can you explain how to rip a cd and save the mp3 files to a usb drive?

[@cwtek1]

probably the best way to do this is to use the rip function in Windows media player

[@julieharwood8570]

Brilliant. Simple concise and to the point for a techno phone like me. Thank you 🙏

[@cwtek1]

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[@man-yp1gb]

I have some non protected movies, does this rip the entire movie or in parts?

[@cwtek1]

You can select the parts if you wish, I believe!

[@MrBrotherbear1977]

When i copy cd software called Oxford Adv Dictionary into full USB and then, my laptop have no CD/DVD Rom, as only USB, and i try put in, but still say need "Insect CD/DVD" in ?? so i dont known how to ask... ! what your advice ? please

[@cwtek1]

The programmer has specifically written into its program that this needs to be run from a CD unfortunately there is not way around this.

[@ptcruisin]

do you know how to compress the files together? I'm trying to copy a few episodes from the dvd onto the usb but majority of the files comes up as a 'shortcut' and im not sure how to put those together to show the actual video, if that makes sense. is there a way to do that?

[@playz6623]

Ive burned down old videos from a Analog Handycam to a DVD/CD, And does this apply the same way. The problem is that the CD doesnt really open the complete footage it opens its files and stuff. So how can I manage to transfer the entire Footage at once

[@cwtek1]

Yes just add the files to the app and burn the footage.

[@jamesharris4008]

This is probably a stupid question but, once the data is transferred on to the memory stick, is it still on the dvd also?

[@cwtek1]

Yes the data remains on the DVD.

[@ashrafz8944]

Can I play cd game by copy paste it usbdrive and connect to pc because I don't have dvd writer

[@cwtek1]

It really depends on how the game was compiled and what sort of protection it has against you copying it to another device, you could try copying all files from the CD to the USB drive and see if it works.

[@hochhasd1]

How do you put it on your desktop,rather than your external storage

[@cwtek1]

Just cut and paste the files.

[@moneypenni1694]

Does this also work to download an audio book on CD? Thank you.

[@cwtek1]

You would need some ripping software to achieve this.

[@moneypenni1694]

@@cwtek1 ; sorry for the late reply, but I found a way around it...:-}

[@paulaungiers8734]

I have some MP4 videos preserved on a DVD disk. I would like to copy them onto a USB Flash Drive. Will this work, in the manner you described in the tutorial, or do I need a 'Ripping' software to copy the MP4 videos first, please?

[@colleenpt59]

Very helpful! Yes I'm a senior too. have never used a flash drive and have no idea what size to get for my dvd's of home movies

[@cwtek1]

It really depends on how many movies you have and the size of them, you might be better of getting an external hard drive, 2tb should be ample.

[@apieceofdirt4681]

So I’m looking to transfer a SACD of “Avalon” to a USB thumb drive because my surround sound system in my Cadillac SRX only plays Dolby Digital and DTS formats. It doesn’t play Blu-Ray or SACD’s so I’m hoping to transfer it to the USB drive. 2 questions A. Will it work and B. Will it be in the SACD surround sound format?

[@cwtek1]

I am not sue myself but if anyone else knows please feel free to post anything that may help!

[@aaronbest747]

Will this work for copying a cd to an mp3 player???

[@cwtek1]

You really need to rip the cd with a cd ripper.

[@aaronbest747]

@@cwtek1 what's a cd ripper???

[@cwtek1]

@@aaronbest747 A piece of software that is designed to take the tracks from the CD and convert them to MP3.

[@Gamingbot7635]

Can i copy full 10 gb game from dvd 2. Pandrive ??

[@cwtek1]

yes if there is no copy protection on the game and if the games programming allows you to do this, however the game may run slower due to the transfer rate.

[@brendahayes8442]

Thanks for your help! Great instructions. Will check you out again when I need more tech help. Gave you a big thumbs up!

[@cwtek1]

Thanks, Glad to help.

[@nonsindisothabethe3707]

Hi, can I copy and paste files from my pc to CD, and

[@scotbee8326]

I've got some pictures on 8cm disks from like 20 years ago ... Any ideas how I can access through pc

[@cwtek1]

I think these disks should still work, the tray in most CD/DVD's in computers has a drop for 8cm discs if you have a laptop just put the disc in like any other.

[@scotbee8326]

@@cwtek1 tried it mate no luck, bought an external reader but it's only works on ,7, 8 , xp mac os

[@MichaelHylton-l5x]

Thank u help out so much 😂❤ keep up the good work

[@cwtek1]

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[@coolcatrick3454]

When I try to copy from DVD to flash drive, windows copies all of the files into memory, which takes 10 minutes or so, since I have a ton of pics and videos on the DVD. When it finally finishes, I then choose where I want the files to go. I want the files to copy right away. How can I get windows access the DVD drive quicker, if that is even possible?

[@anthonymiley188]

How do you copy pictures/documents to a usb drive or computer frrom a mobile phone. Even I could unstand this cast.

[@johnmccormack4498]

Thanks a lot Chris. This was perfectly explained, really appreciated this excellent video. Best video by a mile.

[@cwtek1]

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[@alfonsohr02]

Thank you for a very clear explanation brother👍

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[@SocyQueen2012]

Hi Cris, thank you for your video. I have seen in YT that people hang segments of a movie that are funny. These segments are say 1 minute each. And they combine say 10 segments or 10 minutes and turn them into a video. Moreover, they add music! How do they do that? Would you please answer my question? Thank you!

[@cwtek1]

They would use a video editing package I believe.

[@brianmarsh181]

Y

[@chandanaraydas1712]

Hey , is it the same for old PC's ?

[@cwtek1]

Should be the same for most PC's, if its more than 20 years old then it probably wont work.

[@lucian._155]

Can I copy games like original game? Not cracked

[@cwtek1]

Probably not as most games have protection on them to prevent copying.

[@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq]

Thanks so much for uploading this to KZbin

[@cwtek1]

Your welcome, I hope it comes in handy!

[@mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq]

@@cwtek1 I have managed to work out how to back up files from a USB without using the disc drive

[@CalvinBotha-er5jg]

How can you copy movies from cd to usb in mp3 format

[@cwtek1]

I am not sure you would want to copy a movie to a music format!

[@CalvinBotha-er5jg]

@@cwtek1 I want to change the video format on the cd then send it to my usb

[@tapen678s6]

But not sure if this is the way to do it so that all files are copied

[@cwtek1]

It worked for me.

[@rihongeehiyoveni6982]

Thanks, u really helped 🎉

[@cwtek1]

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[@viceversaspirit8318]

Does this work on game files ?

[@cwtek1]

It should do.

[@muhammadshoaib3854]

Great and informative video thanks from Pakistan ❤️

[@stargazeronesixseven]

🙏 Thank You So Much Chris for this Useful Advice! Many Happy Good Blessings in Return to Chris! Stay Safe! 🕯🌷🌿🌍💗🕊

[@cwtek1]

Same to you!

[@chacaabbaylee768]

I know im late to the dance, but thank you for the video. If you know how, would you please make a video how to convert the files to make them smaller without too much loss in quality? Im wanting to burn my sons movies to a stick and transfer them to a tablet so he has them all

[@itstraintimehd]

Great, clear and detailed instruction, thank you!

[@cwtek1]

You are welcome!

[@tomsmith2587]

Please forgive my ignorance. I'm 73 and not a techie. I've copied my CD to the thumb drive but I can't play any of it. Nothing happens when I double click or try to open.

[@cwtek1]

If it’s a music CD you are copying you need a CD ripper.

[@nmknmk9233]

Bro in middle of copying It was cancelling automatically problem bro what is soliyion

[@wackey3455]

Very good video some nice tips in there

[@cwtek1]

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[@wackey3455]

@@cwtek1 i did thanks looking forward to learning Thank you

[@stopandthinknow]

Very precise instructions. Thank you.

[@cwtek1]

You are welcome!

[@eadjh98]

Good video! Looks a nice way to copy to a stick or micro sd card! 👍

[@cwtek1]

Definitely!

[@EnaHemms]

Excellent video. straight to the point.

[@cwtek1]

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[@fireandiceproductionz7093]

Thanks! Im gonna try this later with a dvd

[@cwtek1]

I hope this works for you.

[@fireandiceproductionz7093]

@@cwtek1 thanks!

[@VictorVictor-hq7ui]

What if you dont have a computer? I only have a phone and a tablet.

[@cwtek1]

Then you probably wouldn’t have a DVD drive that you can connect to your phone or tablet, therefore it would not be possible.

[@lazinggu2051]

If you want to transfer protected DVD sto USB drives for playback without limits, you need a third-party DVD to USB converter to rip DVDs to digital formats. DumboFab DVD Ripper is one of the best DVD to USB converter.

[@milwscruffy]

Thank You for the help !

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[@jean-francoiscloutier7361]

I did exactly what it said. Did not work. When I hit sent to , the copy line cross the screen in 2 sec. Play the stick, nothing. When I put it in the lap top it shows track 1, track 2 , track 3..... No audio...........😪

[@cwtek1]

If you are trying to copy a music Cd then you need CD ripping software.

[@brianjames9828]

brilliant instructions

[@cwtek1]

Thank you.

[@sandrajones5281]

Brilliant easy to follow

[@cwtek1]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@markharnitchek2009]

great explanation -- many thanks.

[@cwtek1]

You are welcome!

[@videoediting1913]

Thanks for your help

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[@unbiasedreviews5978]

Great video! Thanks

[@cwtek1]

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[@leecowell8165]

I use Brasero or K3b out of linux. or you can simply grab the files from your reader and copy them directly to your stick via nemo. Basically a no-brainer under linux. You may need admin rights though. I haven't booted any flavor of windows in over 20 years though. btw brasero/K3b doesn't cost you a nickel. but you DO need to know something about computers (as linux targets people that know something).

[@cwtek1]

So you’re saying in Linux, need third-party software to copy files to a USB stick?

[@irmtrautpfabe901]

Thank you, very helpful!!!!

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[@erichowry9356]

Thanks!

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[@changjunfu9861]

thank you very much!!!

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[@nadunrajapaksha7391]

Thankyou

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[@nadunrajapaksha7391]

Ok why not 👍😎

[@ricky7112]

Thanks m8 will give this a blast later followed subed totaly technophobe at 45 lol shocking I know when I ripped out my stereo in my old batted carolla for a android touch screen I never Thourght my music issues through 😂😂 no cd player I will now be following your easy guide and ripping them cds rather than using as a frizby 😂😂👍👍🇬🇧

[@cwtek1]

I am glad this helped.

[@sophielaplante7309]

I get the message that the dvd is protected and can't be copied!

[@jacoblavallee7918]

Thanks very helpful

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[@annimomma5774]

Thanks so much!!!

[@cwtek1]

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[@homeandfamilyservices2650]

Not too helpful. My tracks point to simply a link file, of 1kb (44 bytes).

[@cwtek1]

I assume you are trying to rip a CD, if so you need CD ripping software to do this.

[@virginianogueira8700]

Thank U helpful

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thank you!

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[@Selam694]

Thank you so much

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tanks it helps me

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[@spinosaurusfan1017]

Thank you

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I am glad this video helped!

[@petern.9923]

Very clear

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[@cherylfisher8518]

It would help if you would slow down! R

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