Posted by Randy Yates on 12/29/07 22:07

Randy Yates <yates@ieee.org> writes:
> [...]
> For $60 you can buy a 320 GB hard drive. Using a lossless encoding
> algorithm like FLAC, you can get well over 1000 CDs on it. Buy two,
> using one as a backup. Then when one crashes, buy a new drive. Rinse,
> lather, repeat.

And if you're really paranoid, buy a third USB (external) drive and
store it off-site, so that a catastrophic event like fire will not
wipe you out.
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