Copying music?

I copied music on to a disc so i could tranfer my music from wmp11 on to my laptop the music copied but the track and artist and also album covers didnt copy..Each track had been download from a music download site. I have all the information on my desktop running windows xp.My laptop has vista.I connected to the internet when i played disc on my laptop it give me the information but it didnt save it,I copied the music from the music folder on my desktop.What did i do wrong.Do i have to insert all media information manually.I did try to search for each track but it took ages to do this.I dont have a wireless network yet ,will have soon i was told i could transfer that way.if i used bluetooth transfer would i need one for my laptop as well.I have a mobile phone that has bluetooth and i have transferd music from my desktop to that .I know the soloution is probebly quite simple, but am new to computing so am learning as i go.

Copying music?
Not all data is contained in the metadata in the file. Some is maintained within the actual playlist. You will have to reenter it again if the file is copied to another computer.





You can see what is actually maintained in the metadata by choosing details view in a folder. Right click on the heading and select the fields you want to see.





BTW: The track and artist is there but the album cover is not.
Reply:The best way to transfer music is via a network cable but if you use nero to burn your music to disk i would recomend writing it in data format so all the info could go allong with the music, this can also be configured in the [nero] preferances.
Reply:If you know the name of the song, just right-click and rename the track whatever you want on the new format.
Reply:Unless it is a professional disc like from a recording company, it won't record that stuff. You will just have to do it manually, sorry.
Reply:what you did wrong was get a Vista, unfortunately we are also stuck with one... okay if you are downloading it for free, then the website probably doesn't have the information, if you are getting it off your CD, then you can probably rip it and get the information from there, there's lots of things... XP is the best!
Reply:Hi,


What you did wrong is just copy the MP3 tracks and not the Whole downloaded files, use "Nero 7" to copy over your Music files to DVD and it will copy the lot for you, if you want any help with your Wi-Fi network please just ask.