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Note to others reading this thread:
If you have a Subaru - the music system, when you connect your flash drive/memory stick for music files reads the files in any folder on the drive alphabetically. If you want to hear your music in the original song order of the album (important when listening to a live recording), the song file names need to be updated to include the song order # (i.e 01, 02, etc). I used Foobar free software to do this, but it is a manual process with each album. As to Windows 7 'end of life' - Win 7 will not die next year, there will just not be any further Microsoft support. My Win 7 computer (in my studio) has not been connected/updated for years. I did not want to update to Win 10 as I have a number of programs in it that will not operate in Win 10 (no updates/drivers). USB 3.0 devices can use USB 2.0 computer ports, they just will be limited to 2.0 speed.
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I'll be heading out to fight the masses and get my ext hard drive in a bit
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Good luck. This isn't exactly computer programming. It's plug in, drag the files over and you're done. |
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I am facing similar dilemma with Windows. My laptop is now about 10 years old and I wanted to move to Win10 when it first came out but there was no support by the manufacturer (Lenovo) for the model and I would have lost some key functionality as graphics and other drivers would not work under Win10. So as the "end of life" is mainly about security updates I don't care much as I use the laptop mainly for MS Office programs and tax preparation. Everything else I do on the phone now, including music stuff. So I will only worry and reluctantly buy a new laptop if future tax software will not install under Win7 anymore.
As for USB 3, it is totally backward compatible with older USB, just that the older USB standard will determine the maximum data transfer rate possible. Are you plugging it directly into the computer or using a hub (which should be powered for multiple drives)? Sometimes it just helps to reboot the computer with the drive plugged in. If the drive works in Win7 it should be just the same in Win10. |
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Just today I got a trial license for new version a product I don't use a lot that is Mac and Windows where it won't work on the latest Mac OS and the nice guy in support said that will occur with Windows in the future because most of their customers want the performance and features they can only do with the newer operating system. Even if you add $20 - $40 to the prices I'm getting buying at scale, there are very nice basic business desktop and laptop systems that make the move worth it. If you're sticking with Windows there is also conventional wisdom that the non-Microsoft Surface systems sold on Microsoft's own store are decent alternatives to their Surface line. Finally, iPhone users should consider the handoff and continuity features now that so many popular programs share same code base with Windows.
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Yes - that was done - and Seagate tech support told me it wouldn't work normally with windows 10.....the drive is almost 10 years old now and originally was on an XP machine.
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https://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-HDTB4...6265540&sr=8-3 Also, you could just get a 32 or 64 GB flash drive instead of 4, 16 GB drives. 64 GB drives are around $20 or so.
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