In message , Laurence Payne
writes
On Tue, 30 May 2006 18:06:27 +0100, Derrick Fawsitt
wrote:

I had the disaster with my CD burning while using CD Burner XP Pro3, it
seems there are access points (?) in some Opera disks I cloned and they
produced a gap in the middle of the singing. I have no idea how this
came about since I just clicked on Rip and then when that was done,
Burn. Unfortunately I did not actually check my copies until I had given
back the CD's so I can tell you I was disgusted. It now seems it may not
be so bad as some of my Symphony recordings with tracks etc., are
perfect. Perhaps my other opera clones are OK, so far I am afraid to
check.

Why didn't you just make a simple disk copy? Anyway, you've lost no
music. The gaps can easily be removed.

Thank you both for your time and help, unfortunately my original fear,
(not mentioned in my posts), was that I had a problem with my burner in
my PC. This was because one of my copies with ten tracks I discovered
had cracking noises in track nine. I assumed/hoped at the time this was
a "once off" as so much of the music and disks seemed OK. However, last
night my worst fears were realised in that having played one disk that
was perfect, I found more cracks and fizzes in yet another CD track so I
am afraid after all my hopes that all was better, I must now accept the
worst, namely I have a dodgy burner.

Now what to do with the number of copies I have done, (I am too
embarrassed to tell you how many), I have a dear friend with a lot of
time on his hands who can check them out for me and when I have
recovered my composure, no doubt he will let me know how many are
saveable. The irony is he has a MAC and has done me perfect copies in
the past.

Finally, up to now I have always used EAC, (Exact Audio Copy), but
although I found it did not let me down, I found the interface puzzling
every time I came back to it to make a copy.
You ask "why didn't I make a simple disk copy", that is exactly what I
set out to do so can you tell me the best way to do exactly that, mind
you, I have lost confidence in PC copies, hence my desire now, (having
lost my chance to get some good copies), to resort to a stand alone CD
burner or copier.
Sorry about all the rigmarole above but I felt it necessary to spell out
all the processes I went through and still ended up with no certain
copies of a lovely library of music.
--
Derrick Fawsitt