Saving 2GB of Music Files

[sam moore]

My daughter thought she'd lost her music file. I found them, but
would like to save them to CD just in case. Don't really know how
since 2GB is larger than a CD will hold. I need a little guidance
cause I don't know how to cut them into smaller segements.
Thanks!

Win98SE
300 processor
256MB RAM
Plex Writer
3dfx Voodoo 5

[catch23]

I recommend WinRAR...you can search for it at http://www.download.com/

that will allow you to create an archive of .RAR files

you can burn these, but you will have to pull them off a CD and into a single directory and decompress to get the single file out of them.

[a|acr|ty]

You might just want to organise the music into some folders and burn them accordingly. I put all my music in folders according by artiste.

[sam moore]

Thanks for the help fellows.The .rar extensions, I've heard of before but not sure how to compress and extract when needed.
The organizing into other files probably is the better way to go,
but even with that, I'm going to have to sit down and figure out
exactly what to do. I guess make new files and then drag&drop
the songs I want in each( 804 songs ). I have Roxio CD Creator
and had started to highlight the songs and was going to burn
them to CD that way and ran into a little obsticle. But I really
appreciate this Forum and all the good people that participate!
Thanks Again!

[TwoRails]

Hi sam moore,

It's really easy. Make a batch file similar to below, but use you own directories and such:

echo This will copy files to the CD RW burner
echo Press Ctrl-C to EXIT... or
pause
xcopy32 k:\MusicDirectory\*.* u:\MusicDirectory\*.* /m /s /e /h

This will allow a Music Directory with subdirectories,and, when the CD-R / RW is full, the batch file will terminate, you can stick another CD in the burner, run it again, and repeat until all files are backed up.

HTH

TwoRails

[ftrguy]

Just remember to burn the mp3s file straight to the CD, don't convert them to wav, otherwise the size of each file increases and you wont be able to fit many songs on the CD.

If any of the songs are WAV, then convert them to mp3 to save space.

[sam moore]

Thanks! I am a bit of a novice. I go to DOS (from win) to do this?
The x is my burner,k is........where the files are now,u is..... I have
to admit, I'm a little lost here. Think just a little more info will get
me started.
Appreciate It !!!!!!

[reboot]

xcopy32 is the command, k is your music dir, u is your burner.

[newme]

thats cool two rails im going to print out that post, that will come in handy.

[sam moore]

Appreciate the info, it'll sure come in handy! So I can also apply this to my digital pictures.
Thanks Guys for the Help! I know my youngest one thanks ya too, cause she was really upset when she thought
she'd lost all the music.
Later!

[TwoRails]

Originally posted by newme thats cool two rails im going to print out that post, that will come in handy.

Glad you enjoyed it!! I do the majority of my backups that way.

This may also help anyone who wants to use that method. At the command line (aka DOS prompt), type:

xcopy32 /?

to list all the syntax and command line options.



TwoRails