music downloads question

[Kely Girl]

We have 600 songs that my husband has put into folders by type.  Now after having that bit of trouble with a backdoor trojan, we are wondering how to protect his favorite music from a complete computer collapse. ?  thank you   Kelly

[Eddy]

Back them up to dvdr(w)/cdr(w)/external drive or whatever you like.

[Kely Girl]

Not sure what an external drive is ?  Also which is the easiest  and perhaps cost effective way?  How many song can be put on a CDR/W?    Thank you,

[Eddy]

How many you can put on a cd depends on how you burn it. As data cd or music cd. Data cd (mp3) can contain 100 - 250 songs depending on the size.

If you use cdr's you need 4-5 cd's for all the songs if you burn them as data cd.

If you burn them as music cd you can put 10 - 25 songs on them, but the benefit is that you can play them in most ordinary cd players also.

[Kely Girl]

Eddy, what is an external drive?

[S.Z.Craftec]

External drive is another (external) Hard Disk, memory stick, even digital camera with disk drive option, or any other removable media where you can back-up your data.