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I am looking at creating a music library on my computer of the hundreds of CD I own. My first question is what should I be using for quality? I know I should use the 320 for archiving, but I am not sure I need the archives with the CDs still available if needed. Just looking for opinions on music storage -- especially with the conversion to more digital formats.
Next, since I will be filling my hard drive with music, along with pictures of my new baby -- what sort of solutions do I need to think about for storage? I won't really need the pictures after a short while since I have some printed via shutterfly and such...but I obviously want to keep the orginial files for future use "in case." Currently I just backup my "My documents" folder (with the music, pictures, and my other docs) onto an external HD. But, as my own internal fills up, I'd like to be able to access these as needed, and have at least two lasting copies. I am wondering how people are keeping track of large amounts of information -- have easy access -- and yet make sure I have backups of all of it to. I need both hardware suggestions as well as organizational suggestions. I am pretty computer literate -- so feel free to give me geeky answers.
Next, since I will be filling my hard drive with music, along with pictures of my new baby -- what sort of solutions do I need to think about for storage? I won't really need the pictures after a short while since I have some printed via shutterfly and such...but I obviously want to keep the orginial files for future use "in case." Currently I just backup my "My documents" folder (with the music, pictures, and my other docs) onto an external HD. But, as my own internal fills up, I'd like to be able to access these as needed, and have at least two lasting copies. I am wondering how people are keeping track of large amounts of information -- have easy access -- and yet make sure I have backups of all of it to. I need both hardware suggestions as well as organizational suggestions. I am pretty computer literate -- so feel free to give me geeky answers.