Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 02/28/07 12:59, Joe Hart wrote:
> Bob McGowan wrote:
>> Caoilte O'Connor wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I'm looking to backup my mp3 collection (50gig or so) to dvds. I'll
>>> have to tar it all because some of the filenames are too long and a
>>> few have strange accents.
>>>
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> 
> Thanks for this thread.  A bit late for me because I wiped out my 90 gig
> s of mp3 files by mistake (big oops).  I had 3 dvd's worth backed up,
> but all the music that I added in the last few months is now gone.  Oh
> well, never listened to most of it anyway.
> 
> IMO, cdbackup is definitely the way to go.  If I had have done that, all
> of my music would be restored by now.  On the plus side, I've been
> ripping cd's into ogg format and the files are smaller so I can cram
> even more music on the HD. :)

The *REAL* solution to backing up 50 or 90 or whatever GB of data is
an external hard disk!!!!

> 
> Joe
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