-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF5iNJS9HxQb37XmcRAhmQAJ9m37SV8+/qGaIQyClb7/Y5FvzpngCguyzu TF2SickaBgUABs2f/nYibiM= =AcUU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
