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How do I copy music to USB flash drive?

I am interested in copying my CD collection to a USB flash drive. Where do I find the software and program to do this? I have a windows computer (no MAC).
Once on the USB how do I use it in a USB DAC? Is there any particular DAC of software that I need to use?
Thanks
cdc
cdc OP
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I only have a 4 gB so maybe this is too small. Would Nero work? I will have to look into that.
t_bone
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4GB is a small hard drive. Music, when uncompressed (to retain quality), takes up a lot of space. Nero would probably work, but there are many other players too. The archives here and over at the PC Audio section of Audioasylum.com are priceless resources so I highly recommend anyone starting on a particular path to avail themselves of the archives.
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sfar
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As T_Bone says, 4GB is a pretty small drive to consider. Even if you use one of the lossless compression formats like FLAC or Apple Lossless you'll be able to put only 150-200 songs of typical length on the drive. Using mp3 compression will multiply that number considerably while giving away some audio quality. That might not be a consideration, though, depending on the rest of the playback system and your ears.
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