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Originally Posted by ejaghana
A friend of mine just had her computer crash on her last night. It got me thinking...I am so frightened of losing all of my files, esp. my music!
So, other than your computers, is there any way you store your music files so that you have them even if your computer dies?
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Well, there's a bit of geeking here in what I actually do, so let me say how I recommend people save their music.
I usually make a "first pass" at backing up my music by burning the MP3s onto a DVD. Note that DVDs can and do fade after roughly a decade -- in fact, I have some CDs I burned a decade or so ago, stored, and now cannot read.
The next level is to get one of those external hard drives. Copy all the music onto there once you've burned it to DVD. This way, you have it all in one place, easy to listen to, and portable, as well as DVDs of the music, as well. That's 2 levels of backup, and if you move your main music library to the portable drive, you'll only have to store once, burn once. The external drive is likely to last longer that a DVD, as well -- if nothing else, it'll be way surpassed in a decade!
Anyway, that's my suggestion for safety and flexibility. I wouldn't depend on an iPod or other portable music device as a backup, as they are too easily lost/stolen.