Nicole1970 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Hi there, I am getting ready to make my first purchase of DS Supplies but don't really want them on my computer's hard drive (cause they will majorly slow my computer down) is there a way to save them to say external hard drive and can I make new folders within my external hard drive (ie: Collections, Alphas etc etc) if I can how would I unzip them. Or am I best to just download to computer hard drive then save to external hard drive & CD? Thanks in advance Nicole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I download directly to my EHD. I have no trouble unzipping them and creating folders on the EHD. You can unzip through Windows, but if you have a large number of files, you'd probably appreciate Extract Now, a free program that does it quickly. Enjoy playing with your new goodies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole1970 Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Thanks for your reply how do I set it up to download directly onto an EHD? I am totally new to this so need all the help I can get before a I try to download:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole1970 Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Oh & do I put extract now on my EHD to unzip them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Welcome to ScrapGirls!! I download to my laptop's download folder. Then I unzip the files (using Extract Now) to my "unzip" folder. Then I copy them from there to their folders on my ehd. That's my "system"...everyone does it differently. I do believe most people store their supplies on their ehd! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferZ Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Here's how I would do it: ~Put Extract Now on your computer's internal hard drive. ~Download your SG files to whatever drive and folder you choose -- you will get this option when you click the DL link and select "Save As." Here you can direct the location of the download. ~Pull your zip files into Extract Now and click "Extract." Extract Now's default is to unzip your files to the folder and drive that your zips are already in. ~Do some kind of back-up -- burn to a disc, sync with another EHD, etc. ~Delete your zip files. HTH!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AggieB Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I haven't been storing supplies on my ehd, but my computer is getting majorly slow; would that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reminiscing Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I've noticed a bit of improvement in the performance of my computer since I moved all my stuff (everything - photos, digiscrap supplies, and documents) from my internal to my external drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiza126 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Here's how I would do it: ~Put Extract Now on your computer's internal hard drive. ~Download your SG files to whatever drive and folder you choose -- you will get this option when you click the DL link and select "Save As." Here you can direct the location of the download. ~Pull your zip files into Extract Now and click "Extract." Extract Now's default is to unzip your files to the folder and drive that your zips are already in. ~Do some kind of back-up -- burn to a disc, sync with another EHD, etc. ~Delete your zip files. HTH!! ^^That's what I do. I save all my files to my EHD and use Extract Now to unzip them all quickly. I also keep my zip files on a different EHD as a method of backup. There have been some instances where I needed to go back and unzip some of the files, since I accidentally saved over the original versions or they became corrupted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Here's how I would do it: ~Put Extract Now on your computer's internal hard drive. ~Download your SG files to whatever drive and folder you choose -- you will get this option when you click the DL link and select "Save As." Here you can direct the location of the download. ~Pull your zip files into Extract Now and click "Extract." Extract Now's default is to unzip your files to the folder and drive that your zips are already in. ~Do some kind of back-up -- burn to a disc, sync with another EHD, etc. ~Delete your zip files. HTH!! I keep my zip files on my ehd too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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