How do I back-up my computer so I don't lose info and tons of music?
99692
The best idea is to purchase an external hard drive and move all the data you want to save to the hard drive and use that as your primary data source.
238544
Go to: Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup. Follow the instructions.
87615
You can go to the File menu and select\nAdd files to library\nand go to the folder where you keep all your music for example My Music...
428732
Making a backup copy of anything is a personal choice; even though it could be illegal.\nHere is a program that will do it:\n\nhttp://www.blazemp.com/\nBest wishes.
1007621
Ontrack's Easy Recovery Pro.\nI use this for even catastrophic data recovery.
608031
Try this \n\n1.  Backup your personal stuff (your mp3's, pictures, word documents etc)\n\n2.  Insert your XP disk and re-imaged it.\n3.  Load your drivers, programs, windows and virus updates\n4.  Copy your stuff back.\n\nInstead of trying to diagnose your problem or taking your computer to a professional and spending couple of hudred dollors, you can do it yourself.  Its not as hard as it seems.\n\nGood luck
911271
use a firewire to move them quikly or if you want to do it for a little cheaper you can move the hard drive to the other computer and make it better unless you want both, then use a flash drive to move it in between computers, will take a while, but it is simple to drap the music files from the computer to the flash drive, then the flash drive to the other computer
745826
naah u dnt sound silly as u hv said..every1 does nt hv all d knowledge in d world...wht u hv asked is possible...u can use the flash drive to store any data/ music and detach it ...goto another computer n open/play files/music.....even on ur computer u can do that if its attached to ur comp.....i hope that helps......
712843
Use a floppy disk or a CD(use a burner).You could also send yourself or somebody else an e-mail Whit the files attached and then just retrieve when you have your new computer set up.
376342
open start menu then programs then accessories then system tools then u will find the backup tool there. back up the part that you want into a safe place on your harddisk or u can burn it into a cd or dvd. or you can a program that makes an image of your hard disk like norton ghost so all u need in case of crash is restore the fresh copy that you have
698470
I would recommend thinking about online backup.  A system like Backup To the Web, at http://www.backuptotheweb.com will backup your files over just about any connection.  Some people will say online backup is slow, but I disagree.  The initial backup will take some time, but after that, the software only backs up files that have changed.  \n\nBest of all, it's automated and not expensive. (You can even configure it to backup more than one computer)
582043
Nope that recently happened to me and I lost everything, pictures, programs and all music. You need to either save them all to Cd's or download them onto an ipod.
483182
leo girl had the right idea but if your not very computer knowledgable then u mite not find it. if you have windows XP then its easy just go to start menu, all programs, accesories, system tools, then system restore. once inside you must go to a day highlighted in bold numbers. u can go right back to when you first got the computer. it will keep all your saved documents like music etc but delete anything else. if you dont have XP then you must reformat the hard drive and it should be done by an expert so you can tell him which files you would wish to keep because it can go badly wrong and u may end up paying more for it to be fixed.\n\nJosh
1108165
Well.. with an external hard drive you need to plug it back into another computer to play it so if you want to listen to your music without plugging it into another computer then I recomend gettign one of those little 1-5 GB MP3 players. Most(if not all) of them not only can store MP3's but also regular old files. But if you're looking into backing up your whole computer then sure get an external hard drive, but if it's just a few directorys get something smaller. Anything more would jsut be a big waist of money.
23411
use the windows CD or also called back-up cd
1048111
you would need to use partition magic as trying to do it yourself with a third party software you would end up deleting everything you on your Hard drive and loose all your data.\nor another suggestion would be buy a external USB hard drive and keep all your music and othe personal stuff on it.\nThis was you would increase your storage space and won't need to partition your exisiting drive and risk loosing your data.
194808
Lock it in the Tools->Protection menu and it would probably be a good idea to back it up some where if it is important.