Please can somone tell me other than saving all my music on to cds how do i preserve my music files if i need to replace my hard drive,thank you in aticipation.
2006-08-31 07:33:40 · 5 answers · asked by Francis7 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
If the hard drive you're replacing is going bad you can copy or clone everything to another hard drive. There are all kinds of connections possible, but a portable hard drive with a USB connection is probably the easiest.
If it's not going bad; if you're just upgrading to a larger hard drive, you can keep that drive with all its contents as a slave drive.
Of course there are all kinds of other storage media. You could transfer the music files to DVDs or flash drives temporarily or permanently. There's no need to turn the music files back into CD playable files if you're going to keep them stored and play them only on the computer.
It might be a good idea to discuss what you're doing with the technical staff of whatever computer store you're buying your new hard drive at. They can probably recommend a "best strategy" for your particular situation.
2006-08-31 07:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by ebob 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
other than cd's or dvd's, you can also connect an external HD, or even another internal one and copy all your music files over to it. Also a large USB flash drive might work, I don't know how much room you need, but its an option.
2006-08-31 07:43:26 · answer #2 · answered by Scotty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Place all the music into 1 file and use .zip software such as WinZip to compress it and either burn it onto 1 CD or onto a flash drive.
2006-08-31 07:46:26 · answer #3 · answered by mbeck5886 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Email them to yourself on yahoo. They are always there even if you have to replace your hard drive.
2006-08-31 07:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are many "file backup" sites on the web. some free some not.
http://www.google.com/search?q=online+file+backup
2006-08-31 07:44:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋