On 11/02/2013, Tom Fine wrote:



> 3. once you've gone through the effort of doing all that ripping --
> KEEP YOUR HARD DRIVE BACKED UP, MULTIPLE TIMES. A single-unit RAID
> won't do it, in my opinion. I recommend external backups, and if you
> get really serious you'll want off-site external backup. Richard Hess
> has much information and many opinions from hard learned lessons on
> this topic.
> 
Even the multi-disc RAID setups are not entirely reliable, as the
controller card can fail. All the drives will then be corrupted.

> Oh, also ...
> 
> 4. DON'T TOSS YOUR CDS. Keep them organized and safe. When it comes to
> computers and hard drives , you never know ...
> 
Well, you do know. Sooner or later the worst will happen.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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