gennisis Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I want to transfer my music files to my new computer.....I find buring them to a dvd almost impossible....burning to CD will need 60 of them. So does one of these USB sticks make sense?. I've never used them before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Buy an external USB hard drive, copy from your com to this, then copy from external hard drive to your new com. You then have a back up if anything goes wrong with new com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I'm not quite sure as to why MJCM is assuming that your music files aren't compressed. A MP3 album can be one tenth of the size he suggests. Perhaps it would be better if you stated the size of your music folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Have just done a swap from a 1tb HDD to 2TB HDD, was easiest just to plug both into a sata port on the Mobo then do a copy and paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gennisis Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 I'm not quite sure as to why MJCM is assuming that your music files aren't compressed. A MP3 album can be one tenth of the size he suggests. Perhaps it would be better if you stated the size of your music folder. ...Hmmm.....my mistake. I would need 16... not 60 CD's....and most has been downloaded in MP3 mode,Total size is 3.8 GB Since I will want to transfer other data so I think a USB stick will do the job nicely. Are there any preferred makes?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Are there any preferred makes?? My preference is SanDisk but Kingston is fine also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 SanDisk or Apacer. I'm a bit wary of Kingston USB sticks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKASA Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Set up a file share and copy them directly into the new PC a cross connect cable will cost 40baht or a switch 400 baht with two reg cables, or get a cheap usb box remove the drive and place it in the usb box and plug it into the new PC and copy them - put the drive back in the old PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gennisis Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 Are there any preferred makes?? My preference is SanDisk but Kingston is fine also. Went to Carrefore...nearest place and got an HP 4 GB flash drive.,at least I had heard of that make......brilliant!... my old computer doesnt recognise it and doesnt show up on .my computer'...... Internet tells me many have this problem. Wish I'de never bothered with a new computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gennisis Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 Are there any preferred makes?? My preference is SanDisk but Kingston is fine also. Went to Carrefore...nearest place and got an HP 4 GB flash drive.,at least I had heard of that make......brilliant!... my old computer doesnt recognise it and doesnt show up on .my computer'...... Internet tells me many have this problem. Wish I'de never bothered with a new computer. UPDATE....internet info said to try the UBS in a rear USB socket since they were able to handle things better than the front sockets....so thats what I did and the total music transfer appears to have been done. of course I will now have to transfer this data to the new one tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonsalviz Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 You can buy a USB cable with CD that enables you to transfer directly from 1 computer to another. Any large computer shop should have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 If you are using Windows 7 on the new computer you really should use the system to transfer what you want as it will keep all your settings the way you like and save a lot of time (even providing a complete list of programs that need to be re-installed). It is called Windows Easy Transfer and have used with good results on about five new computers over the last year. For that a USB hard drive would be my choice as you can continue to use that as backup storage later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gennisis Posted July 16, 2011 Author Share Posted July 16, 2011 If you are using Windows 7 on the new computer you really should use the system to transfer what you want as it will keep all your settings the way you like and save a lot of time (even providing a complete list of programs that need to be re-installed). It is called Windows Easy Transfer and have used with good results on about five new computers over the last year. For that a USB hard drive would be my choice as you can continue to use that as backup storage later. I've copied all I wanted onto the USB ready to load into the new windows 7 unit. The one thing I cant transfer...(so I am told) is the XPSpider Solitaire game.it apparenty only works on XP. Looking on the internet it seems that many people are upset about this.The Spider Solitaire game supplied with Windows 7 is nothing like as good. I was surprised with the number of complaints about this I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 The one thing I cant transfer...(so I am told) is the XPSpider Solitaire game.it apparenty only works on XP. Looking on the internet it seems that many people are upset about this.The Spider Solitaire game supplied with Windows 7 is nothing like as good. You might try right clicking on it and select properties > compatibility mode and set it to XP SP2 and run as administrator. I find that works in most cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 How to migrate your data from an old computer to a new one? From lifehacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikster Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 (edited) I'm not quite sure as to why MJCM is assuming that your music files aren't compressed. A MP3 album can be one tenth of the size he suggests. Perhaps it would be better if you stated the size of your music folder. ...Hmmm.....my mistake. I would need 16... not 60 CD's....and most has been downloaded in MP3 mode,Total size is 3.8 GB Since I will want to transfer other data so I think a USB stick will do the job nicely. Are there any preferred makes?? Just got an HP one, works very well. Many cool designs, a big brand behind them, cost pretty much the same as any other. The HP I have is very clever - it's actually the exact same width and height as a naked USB plug; which is very small. I was wondering where the plug is, then realized the stick _is_ the plug. 16GB for 800 baht, can't complain. It's small. It's solid. No fancy designs that can break off. And most importantly, no garish LED lights. [image doesn't really do it justice - this thing is tiny] Edited July 16, 2011 by nikster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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