What should I get just for transferring 500 cds?
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500 CD's averaging 15 tracks per CD is a total of 7500 tracks. The iPod Touch 32 gig holds approximately 7,000 songs. A 40GB MP3 player will hold approximately 10,000 songs, but they are hard drive based and aren't designed for rough usage. 40 GB hard drive players are pretty hard to find these days so she might have to sacrifice some songs. She most likely doesn't actually listen to 500 CD's on a regular basis and you can always set iTunes to auto-rotate the songs for for fresh content. An alternative to the iPod Touch is the iPod Classic which packs 160 GB (around 40.000 songs) of storage. They are but around $250. The iPod Touch is also available in 64GB for a higher cost (around $300). An alternative to those two iPods is the Zune HD which packs 16, 32, or 64 gigabytes as well. These are considerably cheaper than the iPod equivilent. They also offered a 120 GB Zune (non-HD) but the price will vary as they are no longer manufactured. Sony also makes highly-regarded MP3 players that are comparable to MS and Apple. Besides These three companies, I can't really recommend buying anything else. I've owned all different types of MP3 players from Creative, Toshiba, Samsung, Sandisk, and the MS Zune but none of them come close to the tight integration that iTunes and iPod have. Every time I hit the sync button I'm confident the iPod will have exactly the songs I want on it. With Windows Media Player or the Zune software, a lot of the time it will end up partially syncing and some songs will duplicate. Album art is also a nightmare on these. As much as I don't like Apple's business model, their software and hardware are pretty hard to beat.
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It should work very well to copy files onto, and then load them into your new machine. Pretty much all files, pictures, documents, etc., should transfer nicely. As far as software installations, I don't think it's a good idea. You'll need to reinstall Microsoft Office, Chrome browser, Picasa Photos, and so on and on. Unless someone knows of a way to transfer these that I'm not aware of, I sure wouldn't attempt to do anything except reinstall programs with a fresh start. I don't think it would be a good idea to use any type of "backup" program to do that transfer either, unless you carefully experiment first. Make sure the backup software installs and runs on both computers, then try one small folder to make sure it goes smoothly. Personally, I'd use a straightforward copy of the files to and from the drive, either manually or using a program such as Second Copy. (I highly recommend that program.)
830549
I had to buy an external hard drive with a CD/DVD, storage, and burn ability. I use the latest Word, Power point, and data program; they work very well and fast. I am very satisfied.
80610
I have been moving Money 2004 from one computer to another for the last 4+ years. Just load the CD and to move your data, just do a backup of the files from one computer and then do a restore on the new one.
2279282
You must get the one marked "DVD". The slots are too narrow for anything but CDs. Hope this helps.
636849
You can download most software now or buy an external dr for about 50$. Not putting in the drive cuts down the weight and the price.
374338
None really, I've had both and never found any real pros or cons, to each his on I guess. The download can be re-issued without cost in the event of loss of data (don't let anyone tell you otherwise) so the only real benefit of the CD is an actual hard copy. But saying that the program itself is tiny so, a disk copy has always been overkill to me. I keep a mobile version on my USB at all times, so a hard copy gives me nothing.
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you do not need a computer, the cd's or dvd's can be listed easily using a pen, pencil or typewriter. just make sure you write the correct location of the disk on each disk when you place it in the manager. When i cataloged mine i determined certain categories such as elvis, country , gospel, blues, opera, etc. and bought 6 units to hold about 250 discs, leaving some blank spaces for future discs.
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I have had no problems at all using this brand of CDs for photos that I want to give to a relative; but frankly it is a huge waste of office space to store photos on CDs. A better choice is to store photos on DVDs. An even better choice is storing your photos in the cloud. If you have an Office 365 account with Microsoft you can have as much as a Terrabyte of cloud storage; Amazon also has a real good deal with cloud storage for documents and photos. With cloud storage, you can always access your photos from anywhere.
786123
You only need to use the CD if you want to use their backup software -- for straight disk storage, you can just plug it in (with Windows XP, anyway).
1931558
Yes, downloads are available, but you can also buy a USB CD/DVD drive for under $25. Always good to have a CD/DVD drive anyway. Another alternative if you have a network is to have another computer "Share" their CD/DVD drive and use that.
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No - I recommend getting either an external DVD/CD reader, or an external hard drive such as a Western Digital passport that you can store larger files such as installation media, etc. and run those from the external drive.
747192
that depends of your needs, because if u used to download every game that u play so u need 500gb, but 320 works perfect
648612
Ditto the last answer. File transfers require a PC or equivalent. The port of the CD unit is "Read-only".
743160
For pictures, I use Verbatim CD-R discs without any fuss. They transfer directly from my Canon camera without any drama. I'm sure you'll get a more complete better answer from a more knowledgeable computer user
736032
I think the easiest thing to do would be to install one of the 750gb drives and let WHS incorporate it into your array. Then tell WHS that you want to remove the original 500gb drive. It *should* transfer all of your data from that drive to your new one, allowing you to remove it and then install the remaining new drives.
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can't answer. i use mine to transfer LPs to CDs, for which it is excellent.