Bill Ferris
Lunatic Member
I had tried a lessor version of this method back last year when I started to re-rip all of my CDs.
Anyway I recently had to go back into my computer to re-rip some of the CD`s, because when my friend asked to borrow one of my lap-tops because he was having some issues with his tower and needed a functioning computer.
Anyway, he added some of his WAV. ripped to my music folder without asking or advising me of his intent.
So, quite a few albums of mine in that computer were corrupt(showing only one song in WMP),though the music file was complete..
Anyway, as I started to re-rip the corrupted CD`s after deleting the corrupted music files, I was realizing that using the HP w/8 Gig. business class lap-top`s internal optical DVD drive was going to take a lot longer than I wished, or thought it should take after just ripping two CDs.
And I thought, this can go much, much faster, without compromising the data throughput.
So this HP lap-top has 2 usb3 ports, and I have an internal type BR DVD tower optical SATA connection drive not mounted in any machine.
And a usb3 interface to SATA adaptor/interface that I use to externally connect SATA Hard drives for scanning, wiping, or transferring data..
After I connected this external setup to my HP lap-top and let Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit OS find the driver for it, and then close out and re-open WMP, so it would find the external optical drive now connected to the computer, my CD re-rips took about 1/4 quarter of the previous time, it took using the lap-top`s internal DVD optical drive before.
I had used a similar setup before, when ripping to another refurbished lap-top, whose optical drive was a slot type instead of a tray and didn`t trust that type of setup, not failing on me, during a 1000+ CD rip session !
But that external setup was using another usb2 to ATA external adaptor connected to a old CD optical drive from a late nineties computer that I had updated it`s optical drive years ago, and it still worked perfectly.
While it was fast, the usb3 to SATA BR DVD combo setup just frigg`n hauled ass..
Anyway folks, something I thought might be helpful to share with you, if you have a large amount CD ripping marathon in your future, these device`s are inexpensive and work very well.
FWIW.
Kind regards, OKB
Anyway I recently had to go back into my computer to re-rip some of the CD`s, because when my friend asked to borrow one of my lap-tops because he was having some issues with his tower and needed a functioning computer.
Anyway, he added some of his WAV. ripped to my music folder without asking or advising me of his intent.
So, quite a few albums of mine in that computer were corrupt(showing only one song in WMP),though the music file was complete..
Anyway, as I started to re-rip the corrupted CD`s after deleting the corrupted music files, I was realizing that using the HP w/8 Gig. business class lap-top`s internal optical DVD drive was going to take a lot longer than I wished, or thought it should take after just ripping two CDs.
And I thought, this can go much, much faster, without compromising the data throughput.
So this HP lap-top has 2 usb3 ports, and I have an internal type BR DVD tower optical SATA connection drive not mounted in any machine.
And a usb3 interface to SATA adaptor/interface that I use to externally connect SATA Hard drives for scanning, wiping, or transferring data..
After I connected this external setup to my HP lap-top and let Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit OS find the driver for it, and then close out and re-open WMP, so it would find the external optical drive now connected to the computer, my CD re-rips took about 1/4 quarter of the previous time, it took using the lap-top`s internal DVD optical drive before.
I had used a similar setup before, when ripping to another refurbished lap-top, whose optical drive was a slot type instead of a tray and didn`t trust that type of setup, not failing on me, during a 1000+ CD rip session !
But that external setup was using another usb2 to ATA external adaptor connected to a old CD optical drive from a late nineties computer that I had updated it`s optical drive years ago, and it still worked perfectly.
While it was fast, the usb3 to SATA BR DVD combo setup just frigg`n hauled ass..
Anyway folks, something I thought might be helpful to share with you, if you have a large amount CD ripping marathon in your future, these device`s are inexpensive and work very well.
FWIW.
Kind regards, OKB