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I RECOVERED all my mp3z!!! (OMG It happened 2 me as well) (pg. 2)
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| Juricimo |
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are IOMEGA's ZIP and JAZ drives worth buying to back up mp3's? |
no they're not. buy a cd-burner or the new dvd burner which i know little about. dvd disks can hold a load of info (a lot more than the usual 700 megs a regular cdr can back up) but i'll let someone more qualified give specs on dvd cd's/drives.
>JM< |
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| dj_inferno |
| quote: | Originally posted by SmellsExcellent
NO. it would be WAAAAAAAAY better to just go buy a separate HDD and copy all of your files and leave it unplugged when you are not backing up.. BU maybe once a month or so and youll be fine. no harm can be done to a HDD when its not 'working' unledd you like magnets.. :toothless
-Marc |
Smart move...I lost a bunch of mp3z before...now I back up twice a week... |
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| !_PeTrUs_! |
| quote: | Originally posted by dig2k
I had ova 25gb of mp3z, all downloaded on my 56k and i lost em 2day :( I am fkin speechless.... |
w000w!!
LOL, happens.
Ever heard of CD-R??
Maybe next time :D |
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| skattrd |
I'm scared of this happenin,56k ere as well, so I back up when I get enuf for a full cd (700MB). I also reinstall o/s every month or so, so I have to really ;)
CDR-W's are quite cheap in the UK £60ish new, DVDR-W are sweet and hold upto 6.4Gig (I think) per disk, but currently about £450 ...... ouch
dig2k ... check ur pm |
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| jinxed84 |
| dvds hold i think anywhere between 5 and 9 gigs...(the 9 gigs is using both sides) yeah i lost my mp3s once 11 gigs went out the window when my raid array crapped out(striped not mirrored) i was very pissed, but i had about 7 of those 11 gigs on my old hard drive which i put back on my computer.....then like 2 weeks later the raid array crapped out again (you can imagine how happy i was) and i had to do the whole process all over again swapping and redownloading.....now i have 18 gigs....i should probably burn some of these to cds or put them on a spare HDD....but knowing me ill procrastinate and kick myself in the arse later |
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| jinxed84 |
forgot about this....another tip for at least some security is get a listing program for your mp3s if you lose them youll at least know which ones you had at that time.....
i use Widget PrintDir you select a folder and it will list every file and folder in there with size and a couple other things...and it makes either .txt or .csv (excel file) which is really nice and organized.....you just have to remember to use it often..i actually should do that now |
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| jonsimmonds |
CD-R's are cheep! just once every 2-3 days back upp any new mp3's to a cd, thats what i do, that way if anything bad happens they are all on cd
Jon |
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| davinox |
| quote: | Originally posted by dig2k
Bought R-Studio from www.r-tt.com 2day and was able to recover almost all my mp3z!!!! YAY this software is well good! Cost me $79.99 (£60ish) tho ;( Woz worth it 2 get em all back tho!!! |
how does that software work? |
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| Raptor |
| quote: | Originally posted by dig2k
Quite a few ppl hav posted about losing all ther mp3z, its now my turn :sadgreen:
Bought R-Studio from www.r-tt.com 2day and was able to recover almost all my mp3z!!!! YAY this software is well good! Cost me $79.99 (£60ish) tho ;( Woz worth it 2 get em all back tho!!! |
mann sorry to hear about that... lost about 10 gigz of singles back when i had a 56K and i still cant' remember all the songs. well hope you get everything back to normal for you. that software looks very impressive i never knew a software like that exsisted. that software would be a good investment i think i should plan on getting it too. |
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| Tranex02 |
| quote: | Originally posted by davinox
how does that software work? |
i also want to know..... |
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| dig2k |
How It Works:
Basically when you delete files from a drive, or format your drive you don't actually delete the data on the drive. All that happens is that you delete its record from the Table Of Contents, so 2 speak, so the drive treats it as if there is no data there.
This software 'scans' the drive to look for data and picks up these deleted files etc. Then you can select which files you want to put back and it brings em back 4 u. I'm not sure of all the really technical , hope this makes sense..
It seems to have worked best with singles, i've lost quite a few livesets and all my music videos ;( I got quite a bit of stuff back tho :) It was also a lifesaver as i restored some important work i lost :) Still, i didn't pay 4 it personally, sum1 else did ;)
I gotta get allllllllll this e sorted still tho :( |
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| verminator |
try getdataback
a friend of me recovered his whole 80 gig hd without any files missing :)
can download it from www.download.com
greetZ! |
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