>>What do people do that would like to keep the CD's and
>>jewel boxes intact?
> That's your archive. Put them in a box in your closet.
> If your drive dies you can rebuild.
That's what I'm trying to do. I'm looking for something
like the plastic "milk crate" that I put my LP's in (I
have lots of those as well - I'm going to be getting rid
of those). I could stack those plastic crates with 50 or
60 albums. I don't need to see the media on a reglar
basis - that's what the MP3 files are for. Yes, the
furniture is very nice, but for me, it's overkill.
I really would like to keep the covers, etc. and will keep
looking for what makes sense.
I like the Clementine tangerines from Spain. The wooden boxes are a good
size for storing CDs/DVDs--and audio tapes. They stack well, and fit on
our book shelves, as long as you pad the wires on the bottom box.
For backups and archives, I use sleeves/pages in notebook[s], except for
software that has big manuals like Adobe. I tape the disk[s] in the
sleeve[s] into the front of the manuals.
Music CDs are on some slotted boards on the wall [from IKEA], or in a
drawer after I put the music on iPods. Videos are on tall, shallow
shelving with names facing out, easy to find.
Old disks are tossed onto a bamboo pole embedded in a large block of
foam. Ancient disks hang from trees to distract birds.
One size does not fit all.
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