# How can I speed up rips from my CDs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-speed-up-rips-from-my-cds/282664>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 2, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-speed-up-rips-from-my-cds/282664 "2005-01-02T06:37:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-speed-up-rips-from-my-cds/282664/21 "2005-01-04T16:25:58Z")

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> [@Rex Fenestrarum](#):
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> 700MB worth of free space on a 30GB partition with Windows on it won’t cut it.

I’ll second that! In addition to changing your rip destination to D:, I recommend that you clear up a gig or two of free space on C:. Move stuff to D: if necessary. Your system will thank you in a big way!

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-speed-up-rips-from-my-cds/282664/22 "2005-01-04T16:33:37Z")

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Thank you everyone for your help. I was going to free up some more space on my C: drive, but a family emergency kept me in the ER for most of the night (don’t worry… everyone’s OK now). I’ll work on freeing up some space and doing a defrag tonight.

In the meantime, if anyone else has any further suggestions, I’d love to hear them.

Thank you all for your help.

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-speed-up-rips-from-my-cds/282664/23 "2005-01-05T15:00:01Z")

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I cleared up some space (I now have about 1.5GB free on C:) and began a defrag at about midnight. At 7:30am, it was 9% done.

I’m in for the long haul, it looks like.

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-speed-up-rips-from-my-cds/282664/24 "2005-01-05T15:01:24Z")

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Sigh…

That should have been:

(I now have about 1.5GB free on C:)

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-speed-up-rips-from-my-cds/282664/25 "2005-01-05T18:17:26Z")

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**Zev** , what version of Windows do you have?

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-speed-up-rips-from-my-cds/282664/26 "2005-01-05T19:07:47Z")

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> [@CaveMike](#):
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> **Zev** , what version of Windows do you have?

XP Pro. SP2

Zev Steinhardt

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