Storing songs?

Question

Well my computer is getting rebooted in about 24 days and is there a way i can save all of my songs from my library that are on my ipod on a site or something? its about 123 songs and i dont wanna keep re downloading them.

Answer 1

hi kristina! if ur computer is just being rebooted, then no worries about ur music library - nothing will be lost. but if ur computer is getting upgraded or something else and u want to backup ur itunes music library, give this a try:

1. start itunes

2. determine where itunes stores the music library on ur computer by clicking the "edit" menu, then clicking "preferences" and then clicking the "advanced" tab.

3. now take note of ur music library folder - it should look something like this:
c : \documents and settings\\my documents\my music\itunes\itunes music

4. now u want to backup all the files in that folder to a cd - the easiest way to do this is to simply insert a blank cd-r into ur computer and then drag the entire folder identified in step #3 above into the cd window.

there might be one other option for you - if you have all of your music on ur ipod, then once ur computer gets upgraded you can copy the music from ur ipod back to itunes like this:

1. start itunes and plug ur ipod into ur computer

2. make sure u have the "manage music and videos manually" option selected - when u plug ur ipod into ur computer, itunes will display a screen - on the Summary tab of this screen, check the box next to "manage music and videos manually".

3. then, on the left side of itunes where ur ipod shows up in the list, click the right arrow just to left of ur ipod name. the right arrow will then turn into a down arrow and display a list beneath ur ipod. click the "Music" item in this list and the music on ur ipod will be displayed in the right side of the itunes window.

4. now just select the songs (from the right side of the itunes window) you want to copy from ur ipod to itunes and drag and drop into the Library-Music item in the list in the left side of the itunes window.

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xo,
Betty
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Answer 2

Burn them to a disk or copy them to a flash drive. It's the best method.
No website is going to give you that much space to host songs in this day and age, unless they are doing it illegally.