Quick Software Reference:

	BIN/CUE: CDRWin, Fireburner
	WAV/CUE: CDRWin, Fireburner

	CCD/CUE: CloneCD


When to use which software:

I want to copy an original CD:

	Most all software is good for this, it is the most common
	operation.

I want to copy an burnt CDR/CDRW:

	CD-ROM technology has information encoded into the CD which is
	known as sub-channel information. When you scratch a CD, sometimes
	the CD will still play without skipping due to this sub-channel
	data. The sub-channel data is correction information. If track 2
	is scratched and a small portion of the data becomes unreadable,
	the sub-channel data can be used (in combination with the good
	data) to "re-create" the missing information.

	Here is an example:

		2 + 3 + 5 + 8 = 18
		2 + _ + 5 + 8 = 18

		In this example, 18 is the sub-channel data, but it is
		not an important part of the main data, it is just
		correction information. If you were missing any one
		number from the list, you could figure out what that
		number was based on a little algebra (in your head).
		If you were missing two numbers, then the 18 would be
		useless, thus you would have a "skip" from the scratch.
		This is an extremely simple example and from the top of
		my head. This is not the actual method used but the
		concept is the same.

	When burning a CD, the sub-channel data is often different from
	the original CD sub-channel data. As a result, a copy of a copy
	of a copy is often quite different than the original. To minimize
	this, don't make an exact copy of the copy.

	With audio CDR/CDRWs, use Exact Audio Copy to read the CDR and
	create a new WAV file. Then burn the WAV. This will prevent
	copying useless or even bad data from the CDR.

	With data CDR/CDRWs, you can copy all the files from the CDR to
	your hard drive, then burn the new CDR from the hard drive files.
	This may or may not be necessary, it may be that with data CDRs,
	you can simply do a normal copy.