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Parkbench87
Citizen
Username: Parkbench87
Post Number: 2591
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, October 9, 2005 - 8:45 pm: |     |
I need to reinstall my operating system and I have been able to save my important files. However I can't figure out how to save the Itunes that I have downloaded to the computer. I know that I can burn them to a disc, but that's going to take a whole lotta discs. Is there a quicker and easier way. I tried to compress them with Win-Zip but it doesn't seem to work. Any help would be appreciated |
Bailey
Citizen
Username: Baileymac
Post Number: 22
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, October 9, 2005 - 9:28 pm: | |
Do you have an iPod? One suggestion would be to copy the itunes music folder directly to an iPod or external drive, & then copy it back to the reformatted drive. You should be able to mount an iPod just as you would any external hard drive. If you don't have one, maybe borrow one, copy and transfer the files and erase them from the borrowed drive? |
monster
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 1369
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 12:36 am: | |
Or alternatively, you could just do an "Archive & Install" of the OS over itself, thus preserving everything. Certain items will be moved to the "Previous System" folder, if you find that you need any of these files, just move them back. |
Dave
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Username: Dave
Post Number: 7580
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 11:28 am: | |
Doesn't sound like he's using a Mac (Win-Zip reference). |
Parkbench87
Citizen
Username: Parkbench87
Post Number: 2594
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 4:51 pm: | |
Correct No Mac and No Ipod yet. Thanks for the advice. I'm away on business this week so I'll try the Archive and Install manuever when I get back home. |
monster
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 1371
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 10:00 pm: | |
Yeah yeah, No Mac, no Archive & Install.
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Albatross
Citizen
Username: Albatross
Post Number: 751
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 5:18 pm: | |
If you have a lot of music and other big things that you'd want saved, I'd purchase an external hard drive and just keep it all there. There's less clutter on the system drive, and when that goes screwy and needs reformatting, you don't lose all your data. Plus it's an easy place to backup documents to (I'd still put docs on CD though). |
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