Cd's into zip drive so I can play them in new car

Even the native SmallSquishy (MicroSoft) Media player may be able to do it.

Also Depending on the radio. it may be able to use one of two (or 3) types of plug in cd players UBS,, Special connector single, or special multi changer.

I have so many CD's here I once tried to catalog them and overloaded the device I was saving the spread sheet to.. And some of them.. YOu won't likely find anywhere.

way2roll wrote:
Don't understand your question. Zip drives were made primarily by Iomega. They required ZIP discs. There were a few utilities you could use to write files to them - Iomegaware was one, WINZIp was another etc.

My question is, isn't a zip file utility different from a zip drive?

I remember using Winzip to compress a file, but I don't remember having to use anything called a zip drive to store them, which is how I'm reading your post.

JKJavelin wrote:
Does the car have an SD card slot? Or a USB reader? My 2018 truck has a USB input in the console. I put a bunch of CDs onto an SD card, and using an SD to USB adapter, I play them through that.
JK

^^^^. I loaded CD's onto my computer and then sent them to a USB. Not all CD will allow you to copy. Thousands of free songs on the internet you can download.

Of course you will need a USB slot in your vehicle.

Oh you guys! I love how literal and snarky this forum is. Got a good laugh from this thread.

For the OP, you can use Windows Media center to "rip" your CDs into MP3 files. Then copy those files to a USB flash drive and plug it into your vehicle.

My new truck has TEN! USB ports on it, but only one 12v outlet and no where to connect a CD player either.

It works happily with USB flash drives however.

A USB flash drive is also sometimes called a thumb drive or a jump drive.

Seattle Steve wrote:


Ah, what memories. When I was an IT Purchasing Manager in the 90's I bought literally hundreds of them, and thousand of the disks.

Yeah, I remember the Zip drives too. They were hot stuff in their day! Heck,I remember the 8” floppy.

2oldman wrote:

way2roll wrote:
I am not sure how a car stereo would read a zip drive. The point of a zip drive - when they still made them - was to compress files on to a ZIP disc so you can store more data than diskettes.

I thought a zip file utility was something completely different. No?

Don't understand your question. Zip drives were made primarily by Iomega. They required ZIP discs. There were a few utilities you could use to write files to them - Iomegaware was one, WINZIp was another etc. I can still hear that click and buzz as they worked.

ZIP drive

I doubt the OP is talking about a ZIP drive though as no one has used these in over a decade. I would guess he's referring to a flash drive or USB drive. Windows has a built in program to rip CD's into various media, most commonly MP3. But there are a lot of programs out there to do that. But you don't "zip" an MP3 to a flash/USB drive. You rip the songs from the CD and save them as MP3's. Anything "zipped" commonly means compressed, and I don't think too many stereos can unzip- or decompress data files and then play them.

Semantics I cam sure. OP probably wants to know how to get songs from a CD to a portable drive compatible with their stereo.

2oldman wrote:

way2roll wrote:
I am not sure how a car stereo would read a zip drive. The point of a zip drive - when they still made them - was to compress files on to a ZIP disc so you can store more data than diskettes.

I thought a zip file utility was something completely different. No?

You’re right. Two different animals.

I converted some songs on old CDs to MP3 files before my current trip. I used an external CD/DVD player that plugs into the USB port on my laptop which has no internal DVD drive (fast becoming extinct).

way2roll wrote:
I am not sure how a car stereo would read a zip drive. The point of a zip drive - when they still made them - was to compress files on to a ZIP disc so you can store more data than diskettes.

I thought a zip file utility was something completely different. No?

Does the car have an SD card slot? Or a USB reader? My 2018 truck has a USB input in the console. I put a bunch of CDs onto an SD card, and using an SD to USB adapter, I play them through that.
JK