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What is the best way to transfer my music collection to a new, larger hard drive?

If I just drag and drop it makes me download a license for each song. The new HD is a Western Digital External.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    It might be where you get your music files from (iTunes, Napster, or even CD). The next thing might be DO YOU HAVE IT FORMATTED FOR YOUR COMPUTER??? If not that might be your problem.

  • 1 decade ago

    Move the data to a backup device like your CD/DVD burner or a USB thumb drive. Be sure to also get the folder called "License Backup" as found in your My Music folder. If you need more details on how to do this re-post that question. If you're using Itunes, see the link below to learn more on backup.

  • 1 decade ago

    Download Synctoy from Microsoft.com. Its great for copying files. You'll have to create a directory on the external drive with the same as as your music directory on the original drive. Read the directions...

  • cobble
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Why is thecontinual formatted as FAT32? format it to NTFS and you does not have this concern. decrease the flicks in a million/2 (or are they in .iso/img format?) Edit: you at the instant are not compressing the truthfully action picture. Are you eager to observe those documents on a blu-ray participant by attaching it to the USB port? With WinRar, you're compressing the action picture for storage in a .rar or .zip report, no longer for viewing. yet sure, in case you compress the action picture right into a diverse format, it is going to lose high quality (for this reason the clarification severe definition is 8gb and not 700mb like the .avi documents I get carry of).

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If you have a jump drive transfer everything to the jump drive and just put the jump drive on the new one and copy it, or create a data cd of all your music and do it that way.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I have a WD hard drive and have no such problem. Where do you get your music files from?

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