External Hard Drives

SuRichardson | 10:02 Mon 16th Apr 2007 | Technology

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I have my music collection ripped to MP3 on an 80gb external drive, but it is nearly full. I am considering buying a 400gb external drive and transferring the music over from one drive to another. Can I connect both drives to the pc at the same time and do this relatively easily?

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LeMarchand

Yes, assuming you have enough free ports and (possibly) power. Just copy from the smaller drive to the larger one.

Ethel

Yes you can. They will be assigned different letters - drive G and drive H, for example, and you just treat them exactly the same as your other drives, transferring files from one to the other.

SuRichardson

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I think I have enough USB ports - but could I use a hub, and if so would a powered one be better/faster?

TechGirl

If you have any of the following:

You can always unplug your USB printer or USB webcam or similar while transferring the files and plug them in again afterwards. This eliminates the need for a hub.

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