are you trying to save the songs to the hard drive? because if you open up my computer and look at the cd, itll say they are cda files. most players will play the songs off the cd. but if you want them on your hard drive, you need a wav/mp3 ripper. im not sure if windows media player rips songs to those formats, but do a search on google for mp3 rippers. try musicmatch if you dont find a different one