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Poster: | Ryan11 | Date: | Apr 5, 2005 12:59pm |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Tito Virus |
I'm new at this and have read the FAQs but still can't decide whether I should back up my SHN downloads on CD or just make Wav CD's for listening and deleating the SHN. I don't have enough storage to consider keeping much on HD so need some advice on what to burn. Thanks
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Poster: | Brad Leblanc | Date: | Apr 5, 2005 10:38pm |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: Backing Up Your Tunes |
This post was modified by Brad Leblanc on 2005-04-06 05:38:26
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Poster: | rainydaybloke | Date: | Apr 6, 2005 1:04am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: Backing Up Your Tunes |
I think I've read (somewhere) that plastic sleeves can accelerate the decay process.
There are many myths regarding the lifespan of CDs, none of which can really be proven until 100 years or so has passed.
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Poster: | Brad Leblanc | Date: | Apr 6, 2005 1:32am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: Backing Up Your Tunes |
See the "8 Disc Full Binder" pages. The plastic does stick to the Mitsui's and helps cause the "flaking" issue - that I can confirm. However, up till now I've been real happy with those binders and pages...
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Poster: | Nuggets | Date: | Apr 7, 2005 12:35am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: Backing Up Your Tunes |
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Poster: | jcroot | Date: | Apr 7, 2005 6:17am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: Backing Up Your Tunes |
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Poster: | Brad Leblanc | Date: | Apr 7, 2005 11:47am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: Backing Up Your Tunes |
I have 4 120GB drives that are between 2 and 3 years old now. In the next year I'll probably pick up a couple new ones and move the collection over for my peace of mind.
There are a lot of factors that determine the life of the hard drive though.
In regards to technologies, I just pick whatever's cheapest. :) I've been lucky so far (knock on wood). Higher RPM's mean more heat, and I feel that's probably decreases life. I try to stick with slower 5400 RPM drives - if I can find them (they are slowly going away).
There are a bunch of posts on the Petabox forum about hard drive technologies. I would recommend reading these before you buy a couple.
http://www.archive.org/web/petabox.php
Good luck!
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Poster: | jcroot | Date: | Apr 7, 2005 12:32pm |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: Backing Up Your Tunes |
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Poster: | jcroot | Date: | Apr 5, 2005 11:57pm |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: Backing Up Your Tunes |
That's really disappointing to hear about your flaking cd-rs just the same. The hard drive enclosure idea is the best I've heard so far. Thanks for the tip
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Poster: | Brad Leblanc | Date: | Apr 6, 2005 12:22am |
Forum: | etree | Subject: | Re: Backing Up Your Tunes |
All of mine are plain-ol' CDR's - no CDRW's. The best performers for me are the Kodak's, but they stopped making CD's a couple years ago (I bought about 6 spindles when I heard that this was happening). Close second goes to Quantegy. Poor performers are everything else. TDK, Sony, Mitsui etc...