Recently moved my collection to cyberspace - help?

[leftysue]

I have a neuros Mp3 30 GB. I have a couple questions with regard to the Neuros sync manager. I don't yet have an external hard drive to keep the music on my computer. I download music and sync to my neuros, then delete the music from the hard drive, because, music slows down the computer tremendously. I need to upgrade & get a new computer soon. Right now, I make back up data cdrs of the music before deleting the music, so I have it saved in a retrievable format should something happen to my player.

 My first question:
1) If I do get an external hard drive so I can keep music downloaded in the future on the computer, how do I configure the neuros with my PC so that the downloads save to the external hard drive as opposed to my downloads or my music.

2) If I were to get a new computer, how would I be able to save all the music currently on the neuros mp3, since the music currently on there is " not in the original location". It has been saved to cdr and deleted from the HD.

Would I need to set the mp3 player to the default settings, and essentially reinstall the Neuros manager, and then the music data from the cd-r? Or is there an easier way?

I'd appreciate anyone that could give me a few pointers. I'm learning more as I go along, but this issue concerns me. Help! Leftysue

 What do you all recommend for scenarios 1 & 2. Your advice is appreciated. Mike



leftysue

[chad(at)gambit.net]

1) If I do get an external hard drive so I can keep music downloaded in the future on the computer, how do I configure the neuros with my PC so that the downloads save to the external hard drive as opposed to my downloads or my music.

This has nothing to do with the Neuros, and everything to do with the ripping software you're using.  In the options menu of that software, you should be able to change the directory it stores the songs.  (This varies from program to program.  If you can let me know what you're using, I should be able to help more.)

2) If I were to get a new computer, how would I be able to save all the music currently on the neuros mp3, since the music currently on there is " not in the original location". It has been saved to cdr and deleted from the HD.

The Neuros looks like an external HD to the computer.  You just open that drive through My Computer, and all the music is in a folder called "Music".  Copy it back over from the Neuros to the new PC.

[leftysue]

[Hey thanks for the reply.I really appreciate it. Generally speaking, I use Windows Media to rip my cds, then do a search for them using the Neuros sync manager. When I have located, I add to the Neuros sync manager, and then sync to the neuros mp3. Windows Media doesn't seem to recognize my Neuros as a postable device so I haven't been able to sync directly from the Windows Media. My wife has an RCA flash drive player and the media player recognizes it just fine, but not my Neiros for some reason. When downloading music off the internet, I go to wondows explorer, to verify where the music has been saved. Generally in " My downloads". Then I do the same. Move to the Neuros manager, and search for music, and sync it to my player.I look forward to your response and help with this. Mike[]]

Originally posted by chad(at)gambit.net

1) If I do get an external hard drive so I can keep music downloaded in the future on the computer, how do I configure the neuros with my PC so that the downloads save to the external hard drive as opposed to my downloads or my music.

This has nothing to do with the Neuros, and everything to do with the ripping software you're using.  In the options menu of that software, you should be able to change the directory it stores the songs.  (This varies from program to program.  If you can let me know what you're using, I should be able to help more.)

2) If I were to get a new computer, how would I be able to save all the music currently on the neuros mp3, since the music currently on there is " not in the original location". It has been saved to cdr and deleted from the HD.

The Neuros looks like an external HD to the computer.  You just open that drive through My Computer, and all the music is in a folder called "Music".  Copy it back over from the Neuros to the new PC.
[Can I do this, even if the downloaded data tracks aren't actually on the PC hard drive any more. They have been removed and saved on cdr as data?]

leftysue

[Oosty]

You can easily control the location that WMP rips music to. Open WMP and select options under the tools menu. Click on the rip music tab and you will find the location you are currently savig ripped music to. To change the location to another folder or disk, just click on change and find or create the folder you want to save to. This can be on your main drive, or any external drive, including the Neuros. I don't like tying up my Nueros to rip, so I rip to my HD and the use Explorer to copy the files directly to the Neuros music folder. Then doing a sync with NDBM or Sorune quickly adds the files to the database. I would jettison the sync software that came with the Neuros and move to one of the other two if I were you.


[Can I do this, even if the downloaded data tracks aren't actually on the PC hard drive any more. They have been removed and saved on cdr as data?]

As far as the music you have transfered to cdr. Unless your Neuros crashes and you need to restore your files, you should never need to access your cdr disks again. As Chad said, complete versions of all of your music are stored on your Neuros. If you get an external HD or a new computer and want all of your music stored there as well as on your Neuros, just copy your entire music folder from the Neuros to the new drive. The fact that you moved them to cdr is irrelevent.

[leftysue]

[Terrific - just the info I needed, as I am new to a lot of this stuff, but learning more all the time, thanks to folks like yourselves. If I get rid of the Neuros software in favor of, say Sorune, which I have been told by numerous people, I believe you told me once I am all for that. My only concern is that the music data is not on the PC hard drive saved anywhere. It shows up on the Neuros sync manager, but like I said is saved to cdr as back up. What I want to do is get an external HD so I can keep my tunes on the hard drive for easy access. This way I don't have to keep everything on the Neuros. If I download and use "sorune", what do I need to do to transfer the music on my neuros mp3 to the Sorune? I was told by some that if I tried to sync my mp3 with another computer, it wouldn't be able to recognize the files. If you wouldn't mind talking me through this one, I'd be grateful. I want to get rid of the Neuros sync manager, save all the music on my neuros to an external HD via a software such as Sorune. What do I do? Your response is greatly appreciated.]Originally posted by Oosty

You can easily control the location that WMP rips music to. Open WMP and select options under the tools menu. Click on the rip music tab and you will find the location you are currently savig ripped music to. To change the location to another folder or disk, just click on change and find or create the folder you want to save to. This can be on your main drive, or any external drive, including the Neuros. I don't like tying up my Nueros to rip, so I rip to my HD and the use Explorer to copy the files directly to the Neuros music folder. Then doing a sync with NDBM or Sorune quickly adds the files to the database. I would jettison the sync software that came with the Neuros and move to one of the other two if I were you.


[Can I do this, even if the downloaded data tracks aren't actually on the PC hard drive any more. They have been removed and saved on cdr as data?]

As far as the music you have transfered to cdr. Unless your Neuros crashes and you need to restore your files, you should never need to access your cdr disks again. As Chad said, complete versions of all of your music are stored on your Neuros. If you get an external HD or a new computer and want all of your music stored there as well as on your Neuros, just copy your entire music folder from the Neuros to the new drive. The fact that you moved them to cdr is irrelevent.
[I want to back up my music in the event that the Neuros should crash. I'd like to copy all my music from the Neuros music folder to an external hard drive via , say, sorune. Again so I have my music on a HD on the PC and don't need to keep my Neuros totallly loaded. It will allow me to switch out more music, and still have easy access to it. Can you walk me through that in layman's terms. I really appreciate your guidance so far. I am so clse to understanding the basics of this. I appreciate your time and response. Mike ( Leftysue)]

leftysue

[Oosty]

quote:Originally posted by leftysue
[brWhat I want to do is get an external HD so I can keep my tunes on the hard drive for easy access. This way I don't have to keep everything on the Neuros. If I download and use "sorune", what do I need to do to transfer the music on my neuros mp3 to the Sorune? I was told by some that if I tried to sync my mp3 with another computer, it wouldn't be able to recognize the files. If you wouldn't mind talking me through this one, I'd be grateful. I want to get rid of the Neuros sync manager, save all the music on my neuros to an external HD via a software such as Sorune. What do I do? I want to back up my music in the event that the Neuros should crash. I'd like to copy all my music from the Neuros music folder to an external hard drive via , say, sorune. Again so I have my music on a HD on the PC and don't need to keep my Neuros totallly loaded. It will allow me to switch out more music, and still have easy access to it. Can you walk me through that in layman's terms. I really appreciate your guidance so far. I am so clse to understanding the basics of this. I appreciate your time and response. Mike ( Leftysue)]

iPods only allow you to sync to one computer as a form of copy protection. That doesn't apply to the Neuros.

You don't need to transfer music to Sorune. Sorune is simply a program that allows you to see the music on both your computer and Neuros, to transfer music from your computer to the Neuros and to build the Neuros' database. Sorune presents you with two windows. The left window  is a Windows Explorer like list of your hard drives and their contents. You can find your music just like you would in Explorer. The right window is a list of the music in your Neuros database.

I'm glad to see you have decided to switch to Sorune. I think that you will find that the interface will make it easier to understand how it all works. I will try to give your a layman's set of instructions to achieve your goals:

1. Buy your external hard drive and set it up with your computer.
2. Connect your Neuros to the computer.
3. Open My Computer. You should see your new drive listed under Hard Drives and your Neuros under removable storage. Double click on the new drive's icon.
4. Open another My Computer window and open the Neuros drive. You should see a folder named Music on the Neuros. Drag that folder to the new drive's window and all of your music will be copied there.
5. After copying is complete, open Sourne. You should be able to find your music on the new HD in the left window and see the music in your current Neuros database in the right window.
6. Create a fresh database on the Neuros by clicking on the Rebuild icon in Sorune. You don't have to do this, but it's a good idea.
7. Tell Sorune where your music is stored on your new HD by clicking on the Configuration Options icon. Under the General tab, click on browse next to Music Home and find your new music folder. At some point, click on Help to explore the options available for customizing your database on the Neuros.

To add music in the future:
1. Rip or copy your music to your new HD music folder.
2. Connect your Neuros and open Sorune.
3. Highlight the new music in the left window.
4. Click on the Add icon. The new music should now be marked for addition.
5. Click on the Synchronize icon. Your new music will be copied to the Neuros and the database will be updated.

I hope that this helps.

David Oostendorp

[leftysue]

quote:Originally posted by Oosty

Originally posted by leftysue
[brWhat I want to do is get an external HD so I can keep my tunes on the hard drive for easy access. This way I don't have to keep everything on the Neuros. If I download and use "sorune", what do I need to do to transfer the music on my neuros mp3 to the Sorune? I was told by some that if I tried to sync my mp3 with another computer, it wouldn't be able to recognize the files. If you wouldn't mind talking me through this one, I'd be grateful. I want to get rid of the Neuros sync manager, save all the music on my neuros to an external HD via a software such as Sorune. What do I do? I want to back up my music in the event that the Neuros should crash. I'd like to copy all my music from the Neuros music folder to an external hard drive via , say, sorune. Again so I have my music on a HD on the PC and don't need to keep my Neuros totallly loaded. It will allow me to switch out more music, and still have easy access to it. Can you walk me through that in layman's terms. I really appreciate your guidance so far. I am so clse to understanding the basics of this. I appreciate your time and response. Mike ( Leftysue)]

iPods only allow you to sync to one computer as a form of copy protection. That doesn't apply to the Neuros.

You don't need to transfer music to Sorune. Sorune is simply a program that allows you to see the music on both your computer and Neuros, to transfer music from your computer to the Neuros and to build the Neuros' database. Sorune presents you with two windows. The left window  is a Windows Explorer like list of your hard drives and their contents. You can find your music just like you would in Explorer. The right window is a list of the music in your Neuros database.

I'm glad to see you have decided to switch to Sorune. I think that you will find that the interface will make it easier to understand how it all works. I will try to give your a layman's set of instructions to achieve your goals:

1. Buy your external hard drive and set it up with your computer.
2. Connect your Neuros to the computer.
3. Open My Computer. You should see your new drive listed under Hard Drives and your Neuros under removable storage. Double click on the new drive's icon.
4. Open another My Computer window and open the Neuros drive. You should see a folder named Music on the Neuros. Drag that folder to the new drive's window and all of your music will be copied there.
5. After copying is complete, open Sourne. You should be able to find your music on the new HD in the left window and see the music in your current Neuros database in the right window.
6. Create a fresh database on the Neuros by clicking on the Rebuild icon in Sorune. You don't have to do this, but it's a good idea.
7. Tell Sorune where your music is stored on your new HD by clicking on the Configuration Options icon. Under the General tab, click on browse next to Music Home and find your new music folder. At some point, click on Help to explore the options available for customizing your database on the Neuros.

To add music in the future:
1. Rip or copy your music to your new HD music folder.
2. Connect your Neuros and open Sorune.
3. Highlight the new music in the left window.
4. Click on the Add icon. The new music should now be marked for addition.
5. Click on the Synchronize icon. Your new music will be copied to the Neuros and the database will be updated.

I hope that this helps.

David Oostendorp
[David- Thanks. You've been a terrific help. Mike]

leftysue