I remember back in the era of windows 9x, there was a modified version of cdfs.vxd.
By using this driver, every inserted Audio CD will show .wav files instead of(or along with) .cda files, and you can play or copy those .wav files directly from any Audio CD.

Wonder if there is a way to do it under xp, any suggestion?

Perhaps, but it won't be a secure rip (you will hear the scratches). It is less convenient, but i'd recommend using EAC instead.

I'm not sure if such a driver for XP exists. I just did a Google search and couldn't find such a thing. I don't think, with the abundance of audio rippers available, someone would make a driver for XP to copy CDA/WAV files off the CD to your hard drive.

I too would recommend using EAC to rip your audio files. If you use Burst mode you'll get the same exact speed you would have gotten if you had just dragged and dropped the files from your CD drive to your hard drive using Windows Explorer. Though, note, Burst mode does not have any error correction, so you may hear "clicks" or "pops" if the CD is misread.

I believe there is such a driveer for 2k - might also work with xp, dunno.

did a google-search: here is something for Win9x

http://www.maz-sound.com/archives/cdfs.zip

Use burst mode Test & Copy, and go to secure mode only if CRC's don't match.

Regards,
Madrigal

There's no such driver for NT-based OSes.

Just use burst mode T&C, like the others said.

I'm afraid Firon you're wrong. I already had a driver for Win98 and it was on a GameStar CD. I have to search it but I'm back in a few minutes.
Of course I recommend using EAC - there is no real alternative.

[edit: It's only for DOS-based systems (ie Win95/98/Me) but I've found it - it's located here: http://www.mynetcologne.de/~nc-philipmi/jan/download/
and now I see you've already written it.. I apologize.]

I said there's no such thing for NT-based OSes. Windows 98 and ME are not NT-based OSes.

I used that driver back on 98, it was pretty neat.