How to import music from the external hard drive

From: sleepyjoe

Message: I have a new computer with vista, I downloaded my music to an external hardrive to my xp computer, how do I import my music, I find nothing in the creation of music of windows which you alow me to do this thanks

De : John Inzer

Connect the drive and... Drag / drop or copy / paste in a folder of your choice. (you can acess the drive by going to...) Start / computer)

And... maybe the following article offers some ideas:

(929521) after you plug an external hard drive or a Flash DRIVE to a computer that is running Windows Vista, the import in Windows Media Center option may not be available http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929521/en-us

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