well I'm paranoid too...which is why I asked :)

I've 'accumulated' some hard to come by stuff.  not necessarily bootlegs...but stuff that only me and like 2 other people on the planet would even care about.  mostly ambient type of stuff.  relaxation (music/nature sounds).

if I had a crash, I'd certainly survive...the fact of the matter is I don't even listen to these tracks all that often.  but if there were a reasonable (read: cheap) way to back this stuff up, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

charlie

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Dan Phillips (CFXHosting.com)
  To: CF-Community
  Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 1:17 PM
  Subject: RE: iTunes! BEWARE

  Ok, I'm all paranoid now. lol
  I've been collectings MP3 since they first came out (1998 or something
  like that) and I have some stuff that you can't find anymore post-RIAA
  hubbub. Usenet, IRC, and Napster were such great tools. I have some rare
  bootlegs and other things I never seen posted since I downloaded them.

  Usenet is still a good source but most of the "groups" that posted there
  have stopped or were also disbanded for posting warez so there is not
  much of a selection. You can forget about IRC and FTP sites. You really
  have to know someone to get access to a good server anymore.

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 4:15 PM
  To: CF-Community
  Subject: Re: iTunes! BEWARE

  I just tossed a 120 GB drive into my system. That's added to the 80GB
  and
  40GB drives already in there. Backups? HA! I laugh. Yeah, I'll be sad if
  it
  all crashes and I lose stuff. But I burn the very few things I care
  about to
  CD and figure if I lose the rest then it's called "cleaning house". I'm
  too
  much of a packrat anyway.

  -Kevin

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Charlie Griefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:48 PM
  Subject: Re: iTunes! BEWARE

  > Jerry:
  >
  > Just out of curiousity...how do you have 240GB stored?  do you have
  any
  kind of backup?
  >
  > More curious about the backup issue, as I have (what I thought was) a
  fairly large collection (about 45GB) on one 80GB drive...and have often
  thought about the inevitable HD crash.
  >
  > Anyone else?  Others have mentioned considerable-sized mp3
  collections.
  Backed up onto 100 CDs?  20 DVDs?  Have you invested in tape backup? :)
  >
  > charlie
  >
  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: Jerry Johnson
  >   To: CF-Community
  >   Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 12:07 PM
  >   Subject: RE: iTunes! BEWARE
  >
  >
  >   Ray,
  >
  >   How is it handling a collection of that size? How long to initially
  start up, and how long to display the collection pane?
  >
  >   Musicmatch has serious memory issues with large collections. I've
  had to
  break my collection into separate lists, and change between them as
  needed
  (mostly genre based).
  >
  >   I'd switch tonight if iTunes can handle larger collections (I'm up
  around 240 GB now, with about 20GB of my iPod filled.)
  >
  >   (And can iTunes handle the iPod? I assume so, but figured I'd ask.)
  >
  >   Jerry Johnson
  >
  >   >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/20/03 02:46PM >>>
  >   Yes, I'm using as my player now for multiple reasons -
  >
  >
  >   The radio player is very nice - it evens displays track info which
  my
  >   other player did not. I also like how I can browse via genre and
  artist.
  >   My file system had been set up so that my cd rips and my.... um...
  other
  >   mp3s were separate. I imported both main folders (all 40+ gigs), and
  now
  >   I have an easier way of browsing my entire collection.
  >
  >
  >   -ray
  >
  >   -----Original Message-----
  >   From: Prince Critter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  >   Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:18 AM
  >   To: CF-Community
  >   Subject: Re: iTunes! BEWARE
  >
  >   oi Raymond!!
  >
  >   i  see  how  itunes is cool for purchasing the music.... but why
  import
  >   all your other files.... are
  >   you using it as a replacement player as well?
  >
  >   --
  >
  >   ------------------------------------
  >   Monday, October 20, 2003, 10:47:26 AM, you wrote:
  >
  >   RC> Could it be some option you ran? I've imported my entire library
  >   (40+
  >   RC> gigs) and haven't seen any re-organizing of folders/files.
  >
  >   RC> -ray
  >
  >   RC>  -----Original Message-----
  >   RC> From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  >   RC> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 7:54 AM
  >   RC> To: CF-Community
  >   RC> Subject: RE: iTunes! BEWARE
  >
  >   RC> I was excited to hear about iTunes being available for Windows,
  but
  >   RC> after
  >   RC> installing and using it for the first time I found my MP3
  collection
  >   had
  >   RC> been completely re-organized by the program.  It renamed files,
  >   folder,
  >   RC> and
  >   RC> moved files around all over the place.  I am now pretty much
  screwed
  >   -
  >   RC> my
  >   RC> entire collection is a total mess and I can't find half the
  songs.
  >
  >   RC> Consider this one huge vote AGAINST iTunes.  It will probably
  take
  >   me
  >   RC> weeks
  >   RC> to get everything back in the right order, and named correctly.
  I
  >   may
  >   RC> never
  >   RC> be able to get it all back into place.  I consider iTunes a
  horrible
  >   RC> piece
  >   RC> of software.  Uninstalling now...
  >
  >   RC> -Cameron
  >
  >   RC> -----------------
  >   RC> Cameron Childress
  >   RC> Sumo Consulting Inc.
  >   RC> ---
  >   RC> cell:  678-637-5072
  >   RC> aim:   cameroncf
  >   RC> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  >   RC> http://www.sumoc.com
  >
  >   RC>   _____
  >
  >   RC>
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  >
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