I have alot of music and I would like to sperate it as my pc can run slow sometimes is there anyway of doing this without partitioning it? I dont want to end up losing everything, please help. Thanx
2006-06-27 23:55:07 · 8 answers · asked by FIONA C 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
It uses quite a bit of disc space. I would partition it but im afraid of loseing everything.
2006-06-28 00:12:21 · update #1
I'd have to agree with ptdemon here, but I'd like to add a bit to it..
You could get a MP3 player (either iPod or another make they're all basically the same) and save your music onto their so that you can listen to your music where ever you go.
The PC slowness can be caused by a multitude of things.
- HD needs de-fragging
- you have unneccessary junk files.. try running 'Disk Cleaner' (press start > Run type in 'cleanmgr.exe' and let it run tick all the boxes and press OK) this will clear your HD and reclaim some lost space, and possibly speed up your PC too.
2006-06-28 00:08:54 · answer #1 · answered by Hazza 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Just having a lot of music (or any files) won't slow down your pc if you aren't accessing the folder. If you listen do music while working your pc, you could copy favorite folders to another folder and play it from the 'new' folder so not to slow you down while accessing the selected songs.
A backup on disk or an external hard drive isn't a bad idea as losing 'a lot of music' could be very hard to replace in case of a crash.
Your 'slowdown' is caused by another reason: more info. is needed to help this problem.
2006-06-28 07:07:38 · answer #2 · answered by pappy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An extenal USB is a good idea and they're fairly cheap these days, but if you've got tonnes of music you'll need USB2 ports to get the most out of it.
I'd suggest buying another HDD, a 200gig is not too expensive. Inside you're PC you should have a spare IDE port that you can plug it into. then just cut and paste the tunes over from your existing 'C' drive onto the new 'D' drive and hey presto, problem solved.
If in doubt consult an IT boffin. ;o)
2006-06-28 11:45:58 · answer #3 · answered by GARETH P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you really want to move the files either copy to cd/dvd or get a second HDD and copy across as mentioned in previous answers although this probably wont speed up your pc for that try defrag and scan disk then run antispyware and anti virus I use spyware doctor and Norton
if your running 2 or 3 programs at the same time this will slow your pc check your memory if 512mb or less get more at least 1gig
2006-06-29 02:37:50 · answer #4 · answered by bbh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if its mostly music then i would suggest move it to a hard drive based music player like ipod etc, again depending on amount of hard drive space been occupied by music mp3's etc. if anything over 4 gb then i would advise you take a USB external hard drive.
hoe this helps.
2006-06-29 05:18:25 · answer #5 · answered by Devil M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a external usb hard drive and but them on there as it won't affect your hard drive.... your computer being slow though could be down to alot of things give more details about the slow down and your computer for a solution :)
2006-06-28 06:59:41 · answer #6 · answered by ptdemon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just save money for a external drive then move all of your music (ect) there
2006-06-28 11:09:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burn them to a disc.
2006-06-28 06:58:41 · answer #8 · answered by waylandbill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋