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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So how do I get my games, clipart, and even movies that are on CD or DVD onto this little thing?
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This been formated in FAT32, so 4gb is a maximum to transfer for 1 file. But you can still change its type to NTFS then everything will be OK.
2284440
I'm not sure you can backup your CDs directly to this portable hard drive. From my little knowledge I believe, you have to import the CD to your computer first.
2010344
I'd say approximately 200-225, depending on how big your double CD's are. This gives you a little room to move things around, too. You don't want to make things TOO cramped in one of these holders. The 225 is a guess, while I'm confident that 200 is easily achievable. You'll be buying new discs, so you might want to leave some room.
1372485
I was able to transfer all of my floppys to my computer using this drive. You should be able to then transfer or burn them to cd or dvd.
1097270
You can use pretty much any USB external cd, DVD, or bluray burner or player. The drivers are usually preloaded so there should be no issues.
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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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I used a 1T that I already had; it was more than enough.The external HD depends on how much data you stored in it.250 should be enough, in my opinion.
535702
It's recommended to transfer to a drive equal in size or larger. I don't think it will work out well going from more to less.
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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.)
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It's not such a bad idea, but finding the right software to transfer your work can be irritating, that is if if you're not using an SD card. Pretty sure the system can only read up to 2GB as well, but files are generally not too big to worry about filling the card up anytime soon. Also, the files are of a format where you'll have to download a program to read them, and then re-save them in a format which is more pleasant for instance, .doc or .docx for windows. Any other questions let me know!
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I have to agree I have basic basic, and I have an external drive as well. Gets me where I am going and works I Have the CD DVD player, external and it does a decent job. You can go to best buy or even here at Amazon. a lot less desk clutter and having wireless, none of the giant cords.
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You will always need the computer to transfer whatever you want. The only direct way is with the voice recorder, and I know that is not what you meant by direct.
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The old hard drives will work on the new ones all you have to do is take them apart and they work fine it's what I did till I ordered my 500 it's easy to just data transfer all your stuff to new drive then license transfer it
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Don't know. I have no reason to re--write since I keep them ... and just buy more CDs as I need to. It's my main back up system.
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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.