text: You don't need to connect a CD player to your computer if it already has a CD burner in it.  The burner will also be the reader.\n\nI suggest you download itunes, set it up to create mp3 files, and load your CD's into it.  I did an entire collection of about 400 CDs in my spare time...\n\nOnce you get all that done, you can just drop and drag the files from their respective itunes folder onto you CD drive (with a blank CD-R in it) and Windows will ask you if you want to make a CD (say NO!) or a data disk (say YES!)\n\nYou'll be able to store about 10 times the amount of music this way.   \n\nIMPORTANT:  Make sure you set itunes to create MP3 files!!!  Itunes defaults to its own format, which will be useless to you in anything other than an ipod or playing through itunes.  MP3 is the way to go for compatability with ALL devices.