external memory

[dollyann]

I bough a external memory for my vista to put my Itunes on because my computer was running slow and I thought it was because it had to load up all my songs (4000)also I thought it would keep them safe if my computer crashed my problem is when I try to open Itunes it keeps saying the component is locked or you dont have permission to use it I dont know whats happened its worked great for 6 months thank you

[WhiteBear]

dolly are you opening your tunes from the external harddrive?

if so you need to unluck it by clicking on to that file right click it, go to properties, then there should be a button for you to unlock at the bottom right.

try that.

[VHG]

Firstly, your computer was not slow because it had to "load up" all your songs.

When a computer starts it only starts up Windows and a few programs, it does not load up personal files (like music files) from your hard disk, it will only load them up if you start itunes.

Secondly, having your music files on an external hard drive is only slighly safer than having them on your main hard disk.

It IS a good idea to separate your personal files from your Windows files, so in that sense it is a good idea, but your external hard drive still has moving parts so could crash at any time.

And in fact being external it is more likely to get dropped (or maybe stolen) so in that sense it is not that safe.

The only TRUE safe backup (well fairly safe) is to backup files onto CD or DVD.

You can still keep them on your external hard drive, but if that ever crashes or gets stolen you will still have them backed up to CD or DVD.

Sorry, cannot answer your question about the disk being locked.

[dollyann]

If I dont plug in the external drive it say cannot fined files when I plug in it says locked Im so angry all my tunes are locked in it

[anotheoldgit]

I am sure it would not cost much to take your drive along to an expert, for him to unlock it.

[squashBall]

good luck with it