How to copy and cut a piece out of the middle

[vivsim]

I have a .wav file on my hard drive which I created long ago, using Nero, from two cassette tapes.
Unfortunately, I had some trouble starting the second tape and, although successful in the end, the result was a garbled thirty seconds between the end of one tape and the beginning of another.
Can I use Audacity to copy the file from my hard drive and, at the same time, cut out the bad thirty seconds?

[kozikowski]

You can open the file in Audacity and use the normal editing tools to get rid of the trash in the middle.

Open the show and use drag-select and zoom tools to find the beginning of the trash. Plant a label there. Zoom into the end of the trash and plant another label there.

Zoom out enough to see both labels. Drag-select over the labels and they will become magnetic and pull the cursor to the point. Delete.

Export as a new sound file.

Control-E --zoom into the selection
Control-F --zoom out full
Control-3 --zoom out a bit.

Control-B place a label
Koz