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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: jude376 on August 02, 2006, 01:54:00 pm

Title: Music Storage
Post by: jude376 on August 02, 2006, 01:54:00 pm

Looking for an external hard drive to store my music. Recommendations?
 
 I know this has been discussed zillions of times, so if someone can direct me to the proper threads, I'd be much obliged.

Title: Re: Music Storage
Post by: ggw on August 02, 2006, 02:13:00 pm

I have a 200gb Maxtor.  It works fine and it was (relatively) inexpensive.  But I'm a technodolt and just plug it in and drag and drop my music (and other) folders into it every couple of weeks.  If you're looking to do mirroring or the like, others may be able to give you more advice.

Title: Re: Music Storage
Post by: MindCage on August 02, 2006, 03:08:00 pm

My opinion is that you can find your best pricing either from tigerdirect.com or from buy.com.
 
 I picked up an IOGEAR 320GB external that has 2 USB2.0 ports and a Firewire port. It was fairly inexpensive as well, plus it had a rebate from buy.com. It was under $200 after the rebate.
 
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Title: Re: Music Storage
Post by: jude376 on August 02, 2006, 03:11:00 pm

Thanks, guys. I'm clueless when it comes to this stuff.

Title: Re: Music Storage
Post by: beetsnotbeats on August 02, 2006, 05:32:00 pm

Make backups (CDR, DVDR, another drive, etc.) of your tunes. Nothing more heartbreaking than when 200GB of soundage goes pttth. Whatever hard drive you choose it will eventually fail; they all do, whether in 6 years or 6 months. That's why no hard drive manufacturer will guarantee your data. Unfortunately, I speak from bitter experience (45GB **poof**).
 
 I have a smart playlist in iTunes that simply keeps track of anything added. When it reaches 4GB I burn the list to DVD and start a new playlist.

Title: Re: Music Storage
Post by: sonickteam2 on August 02, 2006, 06:42:00 pm

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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
 
 
 I have a smart playlist in iTunes that simply keeps track of anything added. When it reaches 4GB I burn the list to DVD and start a new playlist.

you're a genius!!! Thanks for the idea!   :)

Title: Re: Music Storage
Post by: serickson98 on August 02, 2006, 09:52:00 pm

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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
  Make backups (CDR, DVDR, another drive, etc.) of your tunes. Nothing more heartbreaking than when 200GB of soundage goes pttth. Whatever hard drive you choose it will eventually fail; they all do, whether in 6 years or 6 months. That's why no hard drive manufacturer will guarantee your data. Unfortunately, I speak from bitter experience (45GB **poof**).
 
 I have a smart playlist in iTunes that simply keeps track of anything added. When it reaches 4GB I burn the list to DVD and start a new playlist.

For backups, I would trust a drive before I would trust a DVD-R or CD-R.   Regularly burn backups of your backups (http://www.rense.com/general52/themythofthe100year.htm) if you decide to go that route.

Title: Re: Music Storage
Post by: anarchist on August 03, 2006, 12:41:00 am

if you figure it out. it is cheaper to archive on cd than hd.  but use good cds.  fuji-jpn,mitsui,etc.

Title: Re: Music Storage
Post by: jude376 on August 03, 2006, 10:08:00 am

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Originally posted by anarchist:
  if you figure it out. it is cheaper to archive on cd than hd.  but use good cds.  fuji-jpn,mitsui,etc.

Cheaper, sure. But I'm worried about all those music files eating up precious space on my computer. Better to store it all on an external drive or better to get more memory?