u fool... u should had burned them

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yea i know how this feels, i fuckin lost all my new releases a few months back when my hard drive crashed, a good 10 gigs of new releases, and now i wont be able to get most of them back, but oh well

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Originally posted by Vesa Actually, CD-Rs may get damaged even more easily than a hard disk. That's why it might be a good idea to mirror all files i.e. store each file on two separate CD-Rs (those guys suggesting only one CD-R probably keep the second copy on the hard disk, which amounts to the same thing). I've got a hard disk with only 2,5 Gigabytes capacity, so I store each mp3 on two CD-Rs. It's proven necessary even if it costs double as much for the two CD-Rs. If one is downloading well-known trance tracks, this may not be essential because it's relatively easy to download again the lost tracks. A damaged CD-R probably means only losing at most 80 tunes, which isn't so awful. However, I specialize in collecting rare tracks, so even one lost CD-R would be a tragedy for me. Most likely I would never find some tracks again. So now finally to the point of my post. I have recently had a strange problem. My computer often reports that it has lost information about the contents of CD-R. So the CD-R appears to be empty, even though in reality it is filled with mp3s. ScanDisk say that the CD-R label info is damaged, and is usually able to repair the CD-R. What is the cause of this problem? Is it dust or some obscure software problem, which makes a totally flawless CD-R to be reported as damaged? Whatever it is, I suggest keeping two copies of each important file because no storing device is very reliable these days

As long as you store the CD-Rs in good condition, and keep them stored, it won't be a problem. Now if you leave em on the floor, or in an area with extreme heat, etc, you can expect damage.

It sounds like you are possibly having problems with your CD-ROMs/CD-Writers firmware. Did you at one point update it? Ofcourse, what kind of OS are you running and what upgrades have you made to the software programs related to the CD-Rs etc.? It shouldn't be damaged, and to confirm this, go on another comp and throw in the cd, hopefully when you closed the cd, you made it compatible for most CD-ROM drives, that way you know the info is there.

also i odnt like to back stuff up on cd, becasue it makes them lose quality for some reason, it might be because all the old stuff i had was encoded in 128, but yea, fi you check those old cds, the quality of the mp3s suck, so good thing i had all my old rare mp3s on a second harddrive

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Originally posted by TranceSeeker Worst day of my life !!!! OMFG I just lost 12 gigabyte MP3z. More then 2000 tracks, OMG im really fucked up now I fucking can't believe, why me???? oh my God....... I always wanted the biggest trance collection sparing everything that came out, now Im done, I quit dloading trance. Whole my life I spent dloading the biggest and best trance all over the world. Fuck life !!!!!

Relax..

A month ago I lost 40gb... due to HD crash..
I used Easy Recovery Professional Edition (dload it from Kazaa), and after hours and hours of recovery I got my files back..

what you had was a failure in the fat, but if you haven't written in the HD all the info will still be there.

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Another solution

Go to some fellow TA's house and copy all his MP3 from his HD....

(Assumming there is someone near you)

PS: Also, the guy that u re copying from will have a partial backup in case something happens

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jamesholden
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d00d, that just fucking sux always back up your mp3s on cd

hey man i lost a bunch of trance on two occasions also but in far less quantities as yourself but all i can say is that before i knew it i was surpassing my previous amounts in no time...also spread your tracks to ya mates so you can always get em if you need em...

Yah, loosing all your mp3s is never any fun Have you been able to get them back using a recovery program or anything? I hope so, it happened to me, but my hard drive phisically broke, so there wasnt any getting them back i was pretty pissed myself So know I know to always have backups, too bad we both had to learn that lesson the hard way

I got a virus and lost all my mp3s and pics, luckily though with the help of mizz I got the mp3s back. Sorry dude

Everyone go out and buy and external hard drive, screw cd-R/RW

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