I'm kinda curious as to what everyone uses to back up their gigs and gigs of MP3s...

I want to reformat my HD but to do that it'll require the backup of 8 gigs of tracks, and I don't wanna have to burn 10 or 11 CDs

What do u guys do? I wanna keep them safe and secure somewhere without having to spent a lotta money. Any suggestions?

Depends on how much 'a lot of money' is for you. You can buy 40 gig hard drives now for under $150, so that could solve your problem.

But like you, I've run out of space (and money) so I'm forced to back up my music on CDRs.

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10 CD`s cost like 3 Bucks...won`t get much cheaper than this. 7G for three bucks...

Burn your stuff. I don`t see a cheaper or safer way.

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Burning them onto CDs is not so much a cost issue as it is a patience issue

I put it on my D drive, I have two hard drives, so if I have to format windows nothing on D gets erased

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The thing that works best IMO is this:

SHARE YOUR STUFF WITH SOME FRIEND THAT LIKES TRANCE (or whatever u listen)..

Better, share your stuff with MORE than one friend..

In that way, if your stuff is destroyed, u'll have a few backups available

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Backing up your MP3's on a hardrive is just stupid! Hardrives can go wrong or get corrupted without warning. Trust me I should know I always back up my stuff on CD-Rs. You can't go wrong with cds. Yes it may take patience, but you'll be thankfull when your HD fucks up

How many times have you seen people posting threads about how they lost X GB of Mp3's on there hardrive? It happens everyday almost. It's not worth the risk imo

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Last edited by dj_cuba on Dec-18-2002 at 17:38

I've got a 120Giger for my Mp3s

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burnin them on cd's are the best solution..thats what i do when my HHD fills up..

but try to get some quility cds so u dont have any probs by using them in the future...some cds are shitty quality

every month i burn them to 2 of 3 cd's

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