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How to find out additional information about burned CD or DVD disk?
For instance, some music is burned on CD/DVD disk. How to find out what program this disk was burned with? What kind of extra information CD/DVD stores? Is it possible to track down a PC which was ...
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Zsh, directory tab-completion with prefix
I have a directory where I put all my projects in, let's say it's ~/projects as an example. I've made a command called s which takes one argument, and moves me into that directory. E.g.: s foo moves ...
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Why wouldn't cd <drive letter>: work?
I am in the C partition and I type at the prompt:
c:\> cd d:
... and it echoes:
d:\
c:\>
...so it gets back to c:\.
Why is this happening?
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How to convert a CD into MP3 files with just Windows XP & Windows Media Player 9?
How can I convert a CD into MP3 files with Windows XP and Windows Media Player 9?
At first sight it seems it can only save WMA files.
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cd ~ not working on Windows 7
On one of my computers cd ~ (cd tilde) has stopped working. It says the desired path can not be found.
Any idea what could cause this? I need it for git. (it does work in Git Bash though)
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What could be wrong with my CD drive and how do you fix it?
My CD drive hasnt worked in about 8 months. I was burning CDs in a hurry and pulled it out because it was taking too long (probably an average amount of time). Im running a laptop (Toshiba Satellite ...
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Possible to burn a music CD with additional files?
I've decided to burn a music CD, and was supposed to print out a paper, but the printer was empty on black ink. So I tried the obvious, to just drag 'n drop the .docx file over to the music CD. As I ...
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How does a CD drive know where to look on a CD?
How does a CD drive know where data is on a CD, for example if the computer asks for data at a certain location, how does the reader know physically where that is on the disc?
Is there some decided ...
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ISO Archive vs Cd Image
Is getting an image of a disc (eg with brasero) the same thing as going into the cd, selecting everything and putting it into a .iso archive (eg with 7zip or ubuntu's archive manager)?
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Can I delete any unwanted file or folder in already written CD or DVD?
I have a DVD which is already written few folders along with files, but now I want to delete few unwanted folders along with files. Is it possible?
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How can I reliably archive the content of UDF formatted CDs and DVDs
I have been looking into copying the contents of old CDs onto mobile disks in order to save space and preserve the content, since rewritable CDs appear to degrade over time (at least the ones I am ...
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How to recover music albums as a whole after iTunes split them
I imported my CDs into my iTunes library but it was not able to understand that the CDs were to be imported each as a whole.
So now, I have many split albums, for various causes: duets, errors in ...
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How to find out if a CD was burned from MP3s [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Finding out if a FLAC or WAVPACK audio file is NOT originally encoded from a lossy source
I would like to know if it is possible to assess whether a CD was burned from ...
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Are ripped mp4's from original cd with iTunes protected with my iTunes account password?
When I rip an original cd of mine, are the resulting mp4's in iTunes library protected from unauthorized access? Is my iTunes password still necessary?
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cd ~ dumps me in a seemingly empty directory
This is on a Linux mint box.
I'm told everywhere to use the command
cd ~
To switch to the root directory before doing some command line magic. For some reason though, it dumps me in a directory ...
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Any quick way to call a directory using an environment variable in Powershell
Say I have a user environment variable named p and it's value is the path where I store my projects.
In Command Prompt you can use them to quickly access a particular directory from anywhere on the ...
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Can I copy a CD in Windows 7 without 3rd party software?
Does Windows 7 have a function to copy CDs?
I know I can rip data CDs by just copying their contents to a folder, and audio CDs using the Media Player.
I know I can write data CDs directly through ...
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Disable scanning of CD/DVD drive during windows boot
How can i find which program is scanning the dvd/cd drive during windows 7 boot up? I want to disable this. Maybe anti virus? (I use AVG)
I already changed boot priority on bios to make HD first. ...
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How does DVD anti-piracy work?
I know this is a "general" question. I was wondering how 'console' anti-piracy works. Which CD/DVD sectors are written? Why a normal DVD burner can't write it? Just curious...
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Burning multiple CDs simultaneously
I want to burn multiple CDs at the same time, but I don't want to pay the big bucks for a replicator. Can I hook up multiple sata cd burners, and burn multiple CDs that way?
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Using A: or B: drive letters for CD / DVD on Windows 7 [closed]
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Can I install Windows 7 in A:\ or B:\ partition names?
I have to confess to being a little "partition happy" at times, but with drives now stretching into the 3TB range ...
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navigate back and forward using cd
Is it possible to use cd command to navigate back and forward (like browser)?. Something similar to cd - but it only swaps current and last location. I know I can push dir on stack, it would be great ...
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How can I change to the previous directory instead of going up?
I currently spend a lot of my working hours moving back and forth between two paths which are very far down the tree and divert from each other at root. It strikes me that my life would be a lot ...
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CD-RW burning - fast blanking vs. full blanking
When preparing a used CD-Rewritable disc for reuse by "blanking" it, what are the disadvantages of fast blanking as compared to full blanking? Is there any data integrity consequence to fast ...
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How to cd to a newly created dir?
cd "$(mkdir -v "$(date -R)"|sed s+.`(.*)'.*)"
This is meant to create a dir named $(date -R). I could simply cd $(date -R), but the culprit is the date could change since the previous command was ...
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CD into directory with “-” in the beginning
I have a problem with cd-ing into folder named "--Recovery Files" and can't remember how to escape dashes in the filename. Any ideas?
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Alternatives to cd/ls for command line navigation?
I generally work a fair amount from the command line in order to launch vim, git, ssh and so on. However, I find the Finder's columnar view more natural for browsing through my files. Unfortunately, ...
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How does a computer know which CD/DVDs to boot from?
What actually happens when a user reboots his or her system with an OS disk (or other bootable disk) in the CD/DVD drive?
For example, when I put in my OS installation CD and start the computer up, ...
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Virtual join-directory on Windows
Problem:
Say I have a video spanned over 2 files (vid001.avi & vid002.avi) and each file is on a seperate CD/DVD. If the 2 files are in the same directory my player will automatically play the ...
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Is it possible to override the command line's built in “cd” command?
Just about every time I 'cd' to a different directory on my machine (in this case, running Mac OS X 10.6.7) via the command line (which is bash), I immediately type 'ls' to get the list of contents in ...
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Windows not recognizing CDs, but Blu-Ray drive will still play them
I have a LG Blu-Ray writer, a WH10LS30. My OS is Windows 7, 64-bit. After the last three updates received from Windows Update (though I don't know them to be the cause), my CDs are not being ...
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How does one go about backing up older CD-ROM games from the 90's?
I have a bunch of those point and click adventure games from the 90's (my youth) like Pajama Sam, Putt-Putt and Spy Fox. These CDs are becoming old and scratched. Being that these were such a ...
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DVD driver stopped recognizing any discs
I have a Dell Studio 1537 with Windows 7 on it. My DVD driver stopped recognizing discs suddenly. It is not recognizing CDs, DVDs and not even the Windows 7 boot disc.
When I did sfc /scannow it ...
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What exactly is the part number of a CD for? [closed]
I've got a couple of CDs and there's the "part number"
I'm wondering what exactly is the "part number" for..
And assuming I'm throwing away the CDs and backuping up those software in a hard disk, do ...
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Install XP (non bootable CD) from within Windows 7
I'm in need of some help. I'm currently running on Windows 7 ultimate x64. I need to intstall a fresh copy of XP on my machine (dual boot) but I have a non bootable CD of XP. Is there any way to ...
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Bash = Shortcut to making a copy of a file in a remote directory?
Is there a one-line bash shortcut for making a copy of a file in another directory, into that same directory?
For example, creating new Apache vhost using an existing vhost file as a template, ...
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Mount IMG file as CD on Mac?
I'm trying to install Windows Server 2008 R2 on VirtualBox, but it's not recognizing my physical CD drive. So instead I want to mount the IMG file of the install disc as a CD (like you would with ...
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Laptop DVD Drive Slow When Reading CD/DVD ROM Discs But Not R/RW Discs
in one of my previous questions I had trouble with my laptop reading some CD's so I eventually replaced the CD/DVD combo drive with a second-hand one from ebay. I researched the drive I had to make ...
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Partition choice for Linux install, booting from CD on Mac
I downloaded the Linux iso and burned it to a CD, but before I boot from it, I want to know how/if I choose which partition Linux gets installed to. I have Linux Ubuntu 10.10 and Mac 10.5.8.
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How can I tell how many data tracks are on a CD?
I know data CDs can have multiple tracks as a result of adding/deleting or modifying files in additions burns to the disk. (I guess they aren't track but rather sessions or some such thing?)
I need ...
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How can I make a recovery partition using my Windows 7 Installation disk?
Similar to how HP or ACER will create a partition on the hard drive which you can boot from using F10 or something similar if your computer crashes. What do I have to do to my windows 7 installation ...
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How can i copy a dvd to another dvd using a single DVD drive
i need to copy a dvd to another dvd but i have only a single dvd drive.
how can i accomplish this? i tried copying files to desktop then to another dvd. it didnt work out.
Thanks.
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How to burn a cd that automatically opens a PDF upon insertion?
A friend of mine is using Nero Express. She would like to burn a cd with a pdf on it, and have the cd automatically open the pdf file when the cd is inserted into a machine running Windows.
Is there ...
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“cd -” equivalent on Windows? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Navigate to previous directory in windows command prompt
Is there an equivalent of Linux's cd - (change to previous directory) in Windows?
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Extract music files from a Audio CD [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What good, free audio CD ripping/extraction tools exist for Windows, and supporting multiple formats?
I have an audio cd, which has audio files with the file format as ...
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Running a program on boot from cd
Can anyone tell me how to create a cd which when booted from will automatically run a script I choose? I am trying to read the contents of the RAM before the system entirely boots so it must be ...
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Having Trouble Ripping Some CD's
When I buy CD's I tend to rip them to FLAC right away. When ripping I use Foobar2000 or Exact Audio Copy and enable secure ripping which uses error correction. Recently I bought a 2 CD compilation ...
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Burning CD's - is it possible to make the CD not rippable by a user
Here's the scenario: I have some friends that I'd like to share music with via burning a CD for them. However, I respect the legal laws of the music industry and I do not want them to be able to rip ...
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How many CD only drives are still around? [closed]
I want to get a pocket CD to keep in my wallet with a live OS so I can get "my own personal computer" on any pc I use, and I just wanted to know if I would be able to go with pocket DVDs or pocket ...
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How do I mount a .iso or .dmg image as a CD on a Mac so that it's recognised as a CD and not just a volume?
I have a knackered super-drive, and need to install software from a CD. However I do have backup images (as .dmg's) of all my install disks. Usually it all works fine, but with two particular installs ...
