What is the simplest way to transfer songs from my CD collection to an external hard drive?

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answer:Yes, you need to copy the songs from each CD to your computer using a program like Window Media Player (assuming you have Windows). Then transfer them to the external hard drive. You could probably just directly copy the songs to the external drive if you want as well. Just set the files to go to the drive instead of your C:\ drive.

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