Re: How do I back up my music?

Musicmatch says - 1420 tracks - 75:21 Hours - 4.84 GB.
Cindy

"JS" <@> wrote in message news:evI80at1HHA.5532@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I though you said in an earlier post that you had 4GB worth of music files.
I don't mean creating a playable (Music CD) but a data CD with the files
burned to it.

JS

"Cindy" <cinb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello to all,
No way could I get all my music on 7 CD's. I have 1420 songs. I am
getting about 23 on each CD. That figures out to approx. 62 CD's to
save all my music. Again, I appreciate your help, I just want to be
doing the easiest and the best way to save a copy of all my music.
Sincerely,
Cindy

"JS" <@> wrote in message news:OqojfBt1HHA.3788@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Flash drives have problems from time to time, 6 or 7 CDs should hold
your music files for archival purposes.
50 pack of CDs $20.00:
http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansionOID=-1610650061&prodBlockOID=1611315465

JS

"Cindy" <cinb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Bert,
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I do not have
a notebook computer, my computer is a full size with a monitor and a
hard drive on a computer table.
I have over 4 GB of music, if I burn all of the music to CD's that
sounds like a lot of CD's to me to buy and a lot of hours to make
copies of the music. Yes I have the ability to burn CD's and have
done that lots of time.
Wouldn't it be better to put the music on a USB flash drive and save
it that way? I can buy a 4 GB and possibly a 2 GB USB flash drive
which would give me more space if I want to add more songs to my
collection. What do you think?
Thank you
Cindy


"Bert Kinney" <bert@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Cindy,

Place the memory card into the notebook and copy all the files to a
folder on the desktop. This is actually a form of backing up. The
music files are in more than one place now.

The safest way to backup the music files is to burn them to a CD and
move them to a safe place, or two. Do you have the ability to burn
CD's with the Dell 4700 notebook? And if so is there burning software
installed?

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

Cindy wrote:
I need some help please. I have over 1300 songs in Dell Musicmatch.
I know I need to back them up, but I have no idea how to do this.
I use a MP3 player, and I have put music on the 1 GB memory card that
is with my MP3 player. I was able to that, but I have never worked
with a USB flash drive.
Do I buy a USB flash drive and copy all my music to it as a backup?
If so....I have no idea how to do that. I have a Dell computer
Dimension 4700. There is a slot in the front to insert the flash
drive. I made the mistake of not having a DVD slot put on the
computer, I have only a CD slot as I knew I would not be watching
movies on my computer, I know..... a big mistake.
Thank you for any help. It is much appreciated.










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