Lossless files

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So im at uni and realised i wound have enough space for all of my CD's and so im thinking about a DacMagic and iTunes, that said how do you store your lossless files, my laptop doesnt have enough memory to store all of my music in HQ so what would be the cheapest way to get all of my music saved in one place?

I had talked about buying a 1tb HD but my thread got hijacked by people talking about backing up and RAID.... so i thought id ask in the main HiFi area!

 

[fatboyslimfast]

I think the 1TB disk is a good idea, but as others have mentioned, it would be sensible to back it up in it's entirety to another 1TB disk. I know you probably have all your music on CD, so you won't have lost it - but it will save you a hell of a lot of time re-ripping it all.

You could (if you have the original install disks for your laptop) get the internal drive replaced for a 500GB (half a TB) version, which should do perfectly...then just buy another 500GB USB disk to copy all the files onto, in case of loss/theft/disk failure.

Hope this helps,
FBSF.

 

[Anonymous]

ah thanks so the HD would be the best route then..... do you know any cheap places or ways to obtain a 1TB drive? ive seen them around 100 quid but are there any ways to get them cheaper, second hand? or is this risky or rare etc...

thanks for your reply, very helpful.

 

[Alec]

Manchesto: my thread got hijacked by people talking about backing up and RAID.... so i thought id ask in the main HiFi area!

Apologies for my part in that. You have every right, imo, to point out when thats happenning and try to bring things back on topic tho. As long as your issues are addressed in your own thread, tho, i personally dont see a problem with the odd sub-topic.

 

[professorhat]

I wouldn't buy secondhand personally - not worth the risk when new ones are so cheap these days. My personal recommendation would be a Seagate drive - they're renowned in the IT world as one of the most reliable and most of the drives come with a 5 year warranty (edited this after reading comments on my Amazon link below - however, as it shows here, the FreeAgent Desk drives do come with a 5 year warranty). I have three!

You can get a terabyte version from Amazon here for £85 but I haven't done any shopping around to see if it's cheaper anywhere. As mentioned though, you really should get two for backup reasons. It depends on how much music you have of course, but once you've ripped them all once, the thought of doing it again strikes terror into the heart!

 

[Anonymous]

i got very very scared haha, althought i didnt see a need to take it back to topic as my question was answered to an extent, but then i didnt want to ask the questions i have now because of the discussion that was taking place. and i didnt mind it being hi-jacked just explaining why i posted here and not there... also its not really a computer specific issue as alot of people with DAC's might not read that section of the forum as often as here....

 

[Alec]

professorhat:

I wouldn't buy secondhand personally - not worth the risk when new ones are so cheap these days. My personal recommendation would be a Seagate drive - they're renowned in the IT world as one of the most reliable and most of the drives come with a 5 year warranty (edited this after reading comments on my Amazon link below - however, as it shows here, the FreeAgent Desk drives do come with a 5 year warranty). I have three!

You can get a terabyte version from Amazon here for £85 but I haven't done any shopping around to see if it's cheaper anywhere. As mentioned though, you really should get two for backup reasons. It depends on how much music you have of course, but once you've ripped them all once, the thought of doing it again strikes terror into the heart!

Plus, i believe that Maxtor and Seagate drives come with a "re-badged" copy of Acronis True Image back-up utility (i was looking into this only yesterday). More a point of interest, but i further believe that ont of them (Maxtor or Seagate) now owns the other, or they have an equal arrangement. Anyhoo, point being theyre both very well respected and now connected...

Muggins here has a Western Digital. I was somewhat less well informed at the time...

EDIT - i get the impression that backup software appears more on drives bought for PCs rather than external drives, but i did find a couple examples of externals with it, i think.