How to load CD's on Netbook with no CD drive

My wife just got a iPod shuffle. I installed iTunes on her Dell Netbook running Windows XP but can't figure out how to load her CD's since it doesn't have a CD drive. I've shared the CD on my laptop but it does not seem to expose it properly for either playing or copying.
What are my options?
Thanks

put them on a removable hard drive or thumb drive and transfer the that way, as data.

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progandy wrote:
In archlinux loadkeys from core/kbd should allow you to generate a binary keymap.
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Thank you. I updated my post and added the solution.

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