How do I Back Up My iPod Music?
- 1). Plug the cable from the external hard drive into an open USB port on your computer. If you are using a flash drive, insert the connector into the port.
- 2). Click "Start" and click "Control Panel." Click the "System and Maintenance" icon in the folder that appears, and select "Backup And Restore Center."
- 3). Click the "Set up backup link" in the window that appears, and click the entry for the external hard drive or flash drive in the destination window that appears.
- 4). Click "Let Me Choose" in the window that appears to open a selection dialog from the files on your computer. Click the "iTunes Library" checkbox in the list, and mark the boxes for any other files you want to include on the backup.
- 5). Click "Next" to open the confirmation window for the backup process, and click "Save Settings and Run Backup" to create the backup of your iPod music.