Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?
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On 02/28/07 18:30, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 18:18 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> 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.
>>>>>
>> [snip]
>>> 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!!!!
>
> What about sticktion?
After how many years?
Every 4-5 years, you copy the data to a new cheap drive.
Pricegrabber has 120GB drives for US$50.
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