How to Download Songs From a Computer
When you download songs from a computer, you are copying the files to a different device, whether it be a flash driver or an external hard drive. Typically, it takes only a few moments to download a song from a computer to a device.
Instructions
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Connect the external hard drive or flash drive to your computer. Flash drives are plugged into the USB port, while external hard drives may either be plugged into a USB or Firewire drive, depending on the kind of hard drive you are using.
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Open "My Computer" ("Computer" in Vista) and open your removable drive's icon. This opens your drives window and displays all the content currently saved on the device.
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Navigate to the location on the computer that houses the songs you want to download. This may either be a file location or a media player such as iTunes.
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Click and drag the songs from the file location (or from iTunes) into your removable drive's window. The song will download from your computer to the removable device.
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Wait until all the songs have been copied to your drive before disconnecting the device.
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