new hard drive

[Dufgolfer]

I am a computer novice. I bought another external hard drive to back up my songs. I installed it and my computer recognizes it but I don't know how to copy my songs to it. Can someone help me.
Thanks.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by Dufgolfer

I am a computer novice. I bought another external hard drive to back up my songs. I installed it and my computer recognizes it but I don't know how to copy my songs to it. Can someone help me.
Thanks.

go to my computer, right click on your c: drive,click open, look for your kma ( folder ) files, ( i assumed thats what you wanna copy ) once you found them, highlight all of them, right click on it, then click on copy, copy it to your ext. drive ( letter, whether its e, g, or f )...

[ddouglass]

Just copy them through Windows Explorer the same way you would copy any file. I would copy the Folder and all from one external to the other. Right click on the Folder on current drive and choose "Copy", go to the new drive and right click (in the file list area) and choose "Paste." That will copy the Folder name and all its contents.

[Dufgolfer]

OK guys, I went to my computer clicked on my old hard drive, right clicked on the folder with my songs, selected copy, went to my new drive, right clicked, selected paste and it worked. I checked it and all is well with it. Then I disconnected it, went to hoster and picked a song from my data base, clicked on add track and got the message "was not found on the hard drive". I went to my computer, clicked on my old hard drive, selected the folder and all my songs are still there. Why doesn't hoster see them? What do I need to do?

[RIKKI TIKKI]

Originally Posted by Dufgolfer

I went to my computer, clicked on my old hard drive, selected the folder and all my songs are still there. Why doesn't hoster see them? What do I need to do?

Dufgolfer,

Try going to tools, and rebuild the database of your kma's with the drive letter that you are going to search in. This tells Hoster where to search for your kma files. I have to do this rebuild when I switch out an external HD to update, or when adding new kma's, and probably will solve your problem.

Rick
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[Beavis]

if your going to use a external hard drive, make sure when you start up ur computer, the drive letter doesnt change.

[Dufgolfer]

Thank you. Rebuilding the data base worked. Happy new year.