Getting Audio Files off a CD or DVD into your iTunes Library

1. Open iTunes and click Edit > Preferences… then select the “Advanced” tab.

The location path under “iTunes Music folder location” is where all your music will be kept, make a note of it, you’ll need to copy files into it later!

Typically it is something like this C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\Music though it can be changed to whatever you like.

Put a check in the “Keep iTunes Music folder organized” box.

2. Insert the data CD/DVD into your computer, click on “My Computer” and locate it, double click to see its contents.

Highlight all of the folders on the CD/DVD and right click selecting “Copy”. Now browse to the iTunes music folder we identified in step 1. Right click New > Folder and name it “_NEW” open the created directory and right click within it selecting “Paste”.

N.B The files will now start copying across, before doing this it might be worth checking you have sufficient hard-drive space on your PC!

3. Now go to iTunes, select File > Add Folder to Library… browse to the iPod music folder, as previously identified (step 1) and select the folder within it we called “_NEW” and click “OK”. iTunes will now begin to add the files to its library whilst simultaneously renaming and filing them.

After a couple of minutes the music will be transferred from the CD/DVD to your PC’s hard-drive and you’ll be able to see it in your iTunes library ready to be copied to your iPod, Touch or iPhone, through synchronisation or by dragging and dropping if you’re manually managing your device.