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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>My FLAC files reside on my Infrant NV (XRAID) and are
also backed up</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>on my PC and on an external USB HDD. That makes 3
copies.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>I've read most everything on the FLAC site, but as I
have mentioned</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>I don't know much about structuring a command
line. My PC is also</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>quite old (early P4 from 2000 w/256MB RAM) so I think
it will take a LOT </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>of time for this </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=694311420-10042007>to run through over 1200 CDs
worth of FLAC files. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>Hence my desire to </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=694311420-10042007>get it right the first
time. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>I can only assume that this will take my PC more
than</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>a day uninterrupted (that's also with 0 crashes - very
optimistic).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>I would not ask for command syntax help if I did not
need it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>I most definitely do need help.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>I read through the examples on a previous thread
(converting to 1.1.3)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>including an example from Josh
himself,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>but the instructions were not entirely clear to
me.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>I'm not an idiot, I just need a
hand.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=694311420-10042007>Tim</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=694311420-10042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> > </FONT></SPAN>If your files are that important, then you
should make a complete backup <SPAN class=694311420-10042007><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694311420-10042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>before you change anything. After you have a
backup, you can learn how <SPAN class=694311420-10042007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694311420-10042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>to use the command line without worrying about
mistakes. For that matter, <SPAN class=694311420-10042007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694311420-10042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>copy a subset of your old files to a new
directory, and try some of the commands.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=694311420-10042007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>></FONT></SPAN>Brian</DIV>
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