Problem copying a CD

if you are burning "on the fly" with the source disc in one drive and the blank in the other... you shouldn't be! this is a big no-no!!!

not only will you get errors such as the one you are seeing, but you can also get audible defects.

to get a good copy you really need to transfer the tracks to your hard drive and burn from the hard drive.

the best program for extracting from the disc is EAC. it's easy to use and it's free.

you can get it here:
http://www.etree.org/eac.html

enjoy!

the above responses are good. also, try to make a copy at a ration of 1:1; in otherwords, copy at the slowest speed. there are some CDs that just won't copy ar 4x, 6x, or whatever. It just won't work.

If, after a few tries, you can't get it to copy, move on to the next one and let it go.

I have now tried using the Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 and a single drive at 2x write speed (slowest I could set). The result showed no errors and so I think I'm in "Fat City". I then go play it and pow, tracks 10 and 11 hang up. I put the original in the same player and it is fine. Should I just give up? Could the original CD have a flaw one cannot hear or an error code built in on purpose?

The Sony CD burner that I installed in my PC came with disc duplication SW which works fine so long as I use 8X speed or slower.

CD copy problem solved! Got another original of the CD and it copied fine. Lesson: Because a CD plays fine doesn';t mean it copies fine. Thanks to all for good input, however.