Does anyone save or back up their music collection? (2 Viewers)

[GO]

You've sold me on it.Marvelous yokes altogether.

 

[ratmonkey]

Two copies held in different locations will sort you out for resiliency.

That's what I do.

 

[Jasper]

Two copies held in different locations will sort you out for resiliency.

Yep, probably will have to do that. I've more or less stopped buying cds (aside from what's one sale at gigs) so everything i have is mp3 format.

 

[Froog]

so what's a reliable external drive, say about 100 - 150 quid?

 

[Jasper]

so what's a reliable external drive, say about 100 - 150 quid?

This is probably the best place to get one - http://www.komplett.ie/k/kc.aspx?bn=10088

 

[drkdrk]

This is probably the best place to get one - http://www.komplett.ie/k/kc.aspx?bn=10088

I have one of the seagate ones and they're great. my only complaint would be that the usb port is kinda loose and the connection can be lost if you try to move it.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

i'd like to back up everything but i doubt i ever will. i hate doing that sorta shit. even backing up recording sessions is pain in the hole, numerous seesions have been lost and still the idea of backing up fills me with horror.

 

[Goodbye]

I dont own two copies of any records or cd's I own, I dont need multiple mp3's all over the shop either.

 

[timbot]

Yeah, tis good sense. Burn onto DVD and make copies of the DVDs for your friends so in a total disaster recovery situation you should be able to grab most of it. Unless the aliens land. But then we are all in trouble...

 

[theoootini]

just bore your friends by going over to their house once a month with your hard drive saying OMG you have to hear this next level shit. then wipe their shit and implant your own low bit rate mp3s that you don't even listen to anyway.

simple.

 

[IcaruS]

I did it a long time ago using a cheap pack of revwritable DVDs. You can just keep burning folders onto them, if you like to do things alphabetically. Nowadays it's probably a lot easier just to use a portable hard drive.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

No.

Because
(i) I don't like mp3s
(ii) It would take forever - especially the vinyl which has to be done in real time.
(iii) I have contents insurance if anything bad should happen.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I don't particularly like mp3's meself. If I going to back up, it's going to be wav. files.

 

[pete]

worked out at around 500 euro for, in effect, 2 external hard disks that automatically back up to each other every minute, plus i keep all my work projects and accounts, etc on it too so i feel it was well worth it for the peace of mind.

how does that protect you if your office / house catches fire? live data + backups = up in smoke.

Sleep well, james.

For business critical stuff you really need to be looking at offsite backups. there's a few interweb services that'll do it.

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

how does that protect you if your office / house catches fire? live data + backups = up in smoke.

Sleep well, james.

For business critical stuff you really need to be looking at offsite backups. there's a few interweb services that'll do it.

i have a fire proof safe too for accounts discs but the beauty of the drobo for a non-techie person like me is it backs up every minute without me having to do anything.


the files i have (graphic stuff) are enormous, do these crowds charge per mb or something?

 

[pete]

I dont own two copies of any records or cd's I own, I dont need multiple mp3's all over the shop either.

Aside from the cost of an external hard drive (well under 100 quid these days) it costs nothing to take a backup of your mp3 collection, which isn't the case with CDs & LPs

 

[pete]

i have a fire proof safe too for accounts discs but the beauty of the drobo for a non-techie person like me is it backs up every minute without me having to do anything.

Just make sure you remember to actually lock your safe (i know, i know...) , because as far as I know they tend not to be certified as fireproof if they're not locked properly.

the files i have (graphic stuff) are enormous, do these crowds charge per mb or something?

More like per GB, i think, but yeah it's by volume.

If you've got a fireproof safe then i'd be keeping a backup external in that too.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Aside from the cost of an external hard drive (well under 100 quid these days) it costs nothing to take a backup of your mp3 collection, which isn't the case with CDs & LPs

time is money Pete

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

 

[pete]

time is money Pete

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