Putting music on an iPod...

[verb1999]

Another iPod question, sorry I don't have first clue of how they work. I get the impression you hook your I-Pod up to your computer through a USB port (I have a PC not a Mac), then it comes up as an external drive, and you select what music files you want to move to the iPod from your computer?

My question is can I buy an actual external hard drive to store ONLY my music files on, and then when I get an iPod, move the files from that hard drive to the iPod? Can I make it work that way?

That way in the event of my computer crashing or viruses, etc., my music files won't be effected and I won't have to go through and download over a thousand CD's to my computer again...

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[azeroth123 10+ year member]

Yes you can, I'm assuming that you're using iTunes, well because thats how you can get your music onto an iPod. The easiest way to do what you are asking is go into the itunes advanced preferences and make the external drive your iTunes music folder location then check the two options under it. Then go to the advanced menu bar and press consolidate music library. After doing all of this, all of your music that itunes is linking to (reading from) will be on the external and you can then delete any copies of this music that you have anywhere else on any other drives.

 

[jerryrobinson 10+ year member]

or just make back up dvd copies of ur liba