Load your CD into the disk drive of your computer. Your computer will prompt you to play the CD in a media player. Click this option to open the music in your default media player.
Rip the music to your computer using your media player. Choose a destination folder that easy to find when you save the ripped music to your hard drive. Open this folder to view each music file when you have completed ripping.
Insert your thumb drive in a USB connection on your computer. Open the drive to view its contents and create a folder for the music you have ripped from your CD.
Highlight each song you have ripped, and then drag them onto the open thumb drive. This may take several seconds to complete. When complete, you should have identical copies of each file on both your computer hard drive and your thumb drive.