I have over 2500 songs in my itunes but having afew probems with my windows XP, thinking of doing afresh install, will I lose all my itunes music ex. Spice Girls - Stop - 1994 - Pop - last played ?
2007-02-14 05:03:17 · 8 answers · asked by Rachael W 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
I learnt a long time ago to have two hard drives on my pc. On the second hard drive I put data and music and stuff that need not be re-installed once you have wiped your first hard drive. So all my music I put on the second hard drive. If you only have one, do what one erader hereunder suggested, use a portion of your hard drive to store your music and the format the rest. Good luck!! Remember to import your music again, other wsie your program, especially iTunes will not find it
2007-02-14 22:26:04 · answer #1 · answered by Kuschke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would highly back you your iTunes or Music folder to another hard drive. You can find some cheap ones for around $50 or so. It's worth it considerally reloading or purchasing 2500 would be a pain in the ****!
2007-02-14 05:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by cyguysd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always kept a 2nd hardrive for that sort of archiving but if you only have 1 you could just creat a partition and store your files there.
Your other option is to burn it do disc. You could leave it all in mp3 format and burn a data disc to archive it all. You'll get about 200 songs on a regular cd (depending on the bit rate you've got them in) or if you have a dvd burner you can fit the whole lot on one dvd disc.
2007-02-14 05:11:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you're in elementary words backing up archives -- photos/medical medical doctors/track/etc -- a reformat will easily fix what ails you, yet you ought to reinstall all of your applications and any settings you've replaced will be lost. you ought to also thoroughly test your archives for malware/viruses to insure you at the on the spot are not infecting your new deploy. you may want to opt to attempt a gadget fix in the previous pulling the drastic pass of a format/OS deploy. with any success you've this activated -- examine upload-ons-->gadget equipment (i have self assurance) in XP. seek for a fix aspect numerous months decrease back, in the previous you spotted the performance subject matters. gadget fix received't impact your archives and reverts the registry to its state from a previous kept fix aspect. now and again it solves the topic matters, many times it would not, even though it really is completely nicely worth a shot in the previous you wipe the pressure. with the help of the years, homestead windows slowly degrades, so that you'll opt to check out disk imaging software to stay away from this example again. those classes provide help to make backups of your frustrating pressure in its modern state -- at the same time with archives, settings, each and every thing is restorable to its top state on the time the backup replaced into achieved. Norton (Ghost), Acronis and Storagecraft are distributors of those applications.
2016-11-03 10:50:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did. And the company was NO help in retrieving them either. I had a friend with an iPod reinstall the songs, and that was the only way I got them back too. Good luck to you. Only other way, would be if you have them on cd's, is to put them all back on their, in the event they are lost.
2007-02-14 05:17:30 · answer #5 · answered by knownothing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes u will lose your music but if you have a partion on your hard drive you can put your music on there and then format the c:/drive your music will be safe
or you can back it up on cds
2007-02-14 05:09:01 · answer #6 · answered by minty359 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
2007-02-14 05:10:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would back them up, i wouldnt chance it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZShxknBXzXI
2007-02-14 05:12:36 · answer #8 · answered by L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋