Best way to backup MP3 Files
This may seem like a stupid question, but what is the quickest and easiest way to backup my music collection once I have ripped everything? So far I've got about 300+ CD's at 192, which seems to translate to about 12G so far. I'll probably have about 500 CD's when it's all said and done. It seems like there has to be a better way than burning them all onto CD's...
How can I archive them so that if my computer goes down for the count I can easily restore them to a new system? What about transferring them if I buy a new PC?
Any suggestions would be most appreciated....
Thanks!
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dbart2] at [2007-11-9 12:53:58]
# 1 Re: Best way to backup MP3 Files
Well, here are your options:
1) Back 'em up on CD. This is the cheapest way. And safe, if you take care of your CDs.
2) Back 'em up on DVD. If you have a burner, this is pretty cheap too. If you don't, you'd have to buy one.
3) Buy a hard drive to back things up. Hard drives are CHEAP now - you can gets gigs and gigs for very little. Check www.pricewatch.com to see just how cheap they are now.
And there you go.
# 2 Re: Best way to backup MP3 Files
http://www.maxtor.com/en/products/external/personal_storage_5000/personal_storage_5000dv/index.htm
I have a couple of these and I find them invaluable for ad hoc backups. Completely painless, and easily movable.
# 3 Re: Best way to backup MP3 Files
This is what I have:
2 160GB Drives with a hardware mirror card.
About to get a 3rd drive
Plus's: Never need to perform a backup
Fast
Low PC usage
Cons:
Will not protect you from a virus
Will not protect you from stupid mistakes
You can also use DAT tapes.
Nickso at 2007-11-15 17:08:17 >
# 4 Re: Best way to backup MP3 Files
i'm going to start backing up my music to dvd-r. all that music i get from emusic is taking up alot of space. i'm guessing i'll go through one dvd-r a month.
# 5 Re: Best way to backup MP3 Files
bdrules
Let me know how it goes backing up to dvd-r. Everytime I tried I received errors because the files names were longer than 112 characters. MMJB was supposed to convert files names but it still did not work.
CGAR at 2007-11-15 17:10:11 >
# 6 Re: Best way to backup MP3 Files
hey cgar, i've had the same problem when i was backing up to cd-rs and all you have to do is ignore it. i use nero and it gives me an error that it doesn't fit into the cd specifications or something, and all i do is click the x button (because there is no cancel button) and it burns them. windows reads them fine.
