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 The Best Way To Back Up, avoiding confusing files |
 mar. 3 déc. 2002, 04:53
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what is the best way to back up if you are using a cd burner to do it? right now, i end up backing up and my files become confusing. i will start a session in logic or reason and record basic tracks. then, i back those up. the next time i get a chance to record more, i do so and then back up the new tracks to the same cd. i also backup the new document file that is created as result of adding new things to the session. after a while, things become confusing because i have multiple files that all go back to the same session. it becomes difficult to remember what files i want to use and which ones i decided not to keep, or redo, or whatever else i decided to do with the recordings. does anyone have a routine that eliminates some of the confusion of backing up to cd-r's?
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mar. 3 déc. 2002, 13:27
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I've found Firewire drives to be a cheap (getting cheaper and cheaper everyday), safe and convenient way to back up. I recently bought a 120G firewire drive for about 350€/$... I had a lot of songs and projects to back up and I can tell you I'm far from reaching the 120G limit!...
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 mer. 4 déc. 2002, 04:53
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Remember that a drive is still a drive so has a MTBF…
and that can come in 100000hours or tomorrow… Si save to a 2nd drive is okay, but save to a good CD or DVD is better… definetly 
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mer. 4 déc. 2002, 17:08
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Mellotron,
I highly advise backing up on to separate CD's (after all, a pack of CD-R's are very cheap these days) and date each one separately, so that you can see which version of the song/track that you backed up is the most recent. Also, Bart's suggestion of getting an external firewire drive is even better. That's what I do. After each session, just drag the folder of the song that you've been working on to the firewire drive's icon (make sure you don't do it the other way around...)
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mer. 4 déc. 2002, 17:10
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Yep,lepetitmartien, I get your point... I just forgot to say that all the datas backed up on the Firewire drives still reside on my "audio only" 80G+60G IDE/ATA drive...The chances that both drives (ATA+ Firewire) may crash are really, really slim...
And when I really wanna get rid of some of those datas, CD is definitely one of the best way to go (I just hope I'll soon be able to buy a DVD recorder...). -------------------- I will not call my teacher "Hot Cakes''...I will not call my teacher "Hot Cakes''...I will not call my teacher "Hot Cakes''...I will not call my teacher "Hot Cakes''...I will not call my teacher "Hot Cakes''...I will not call my teacher "Hot Cakes''...
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