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Azera
3800 Posts
My hard-drive recently failed and I lost all my data. I was a stupid idiot and didn't back up any of it. I lost all 650Gigs of my music and that's what hurt the most. I've been building that damned library for 3 years and now it's all gone. What's worse is that I can't re-torrent them all because my UL/DL ratio on my tracker will tank and I'll be banned from the site. Sigh. Back up your data and don't be an idiot.    | ||
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
In the end though, it is just data. While it is awesome to have, it is not life or death. Don't fret too much over it. | ||
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GTPGlitch
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
On February 09 2013 00:57 TheAmazombie wrote: I know the feeling man. I work in IT and we deal with this stuff all the time. It is well worth the money for good online cloud storage...cheaper than setting up network storage or buying extra hard drives and everything. I have a media drive, about the same size as yours listed, that when/if I don't have a good backup of, I am worrying. In the end though, it is just data. While it is awesome to have, it is not life or death. Don't fret too much over it. what exactly is the cloud? isn't it just more hard drives somewhere else? | ||
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
On February 09 2013 01:18 Roe wrote: what exactly is the cloud? isn't it just more hard drives somewhere else? Yeah, but the difference is that most cloud services are supported by multiple backups, mirrored drives, ghost images, or other various services so that if their hard drive fails, you will never know and should lose any information. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
 ![[image loading]](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d113/DJZapZ/Iloveyoubro_zps776087e8.jpg) Also I have external HDs where select important files are stored. I wuv it. | ||
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
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cLAN.Anax
United States2847 Posts
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Melwach
Germany176 Posts
On February 09 2013 00:55 Azera wrote: I lost all 650Gigs of my music and that's what hurt the most. I've been building that damned library for 3 years and now it's all gone. What's worse is that I can't re-torrent them all because my UL/DL ratio on my tracker will tank and I'll be banned from the site. . Well, some of your trouble could have been avoided if you had actually bought some of your music. Sounds like crazy talk to most people, I know But yeah, generaly that sucks hard. I'm lazy about my backups too. Guess I'll just learn it the hardway when it hits me aswell. | ||
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surfinbird1
Germany999 Posts
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Iranon
United States983 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
So I put the compact discs into the computer. One at a time. They were assimilated. Their souls were too big for my computer's soul-box, so I had to get an external soul-box to keep them in. How nice! The souls traveled through a string into the soul-box, but the string was not that wide, and so it took some time. It took many moons to assimilate all the souls. Finally, I was done. "Hooray!", I thought. In my joy, I knocked the soul-box off of the table and it fell onto the ground. The soul-box cracked, and all the souls leaked out. "Alas", I thought. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
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farvacola
United States18840 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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Cokefreak
Finland8095 Posts
I've been building that damned library for 3 years I've been building mine since the late 90's, I would probably die if it was to disappear. | ||
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gaymon
Germany1023 Posts
And why would u safe all that music anyways with pages like grooveshark.. | ||
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
On February 09 2013 04:02 gaymon wrote: Why would u create a blog about losing ~10000 songs which you illegally downloaded ? And why would u safe all that music anyways with pages like grooveshark.. For me, I have been a musician and collector of local and underground music since the 90s...not to mention all of the bootlegs and live shows. Those are things that you can't just replace or find on grooveshark or other streaming services. It would be upsetting to me if I lost all of that, but at the same time, that is the risk you take in digital storage...especially without backups or cloud service backups. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On February 09 2013 04:02 gaymon wrote: Why would u create a blog about losing ~10000 songs which you illegally downloaded ? And why would u safe all that music anyways with pages like grooveshark.. Grooveshark is limited. I can't put those songs on my phone, I can't download the songs with fancy bitrates or uncompressed for my sound system, I have to put up with the limited selection and the clumsy UI. MP3 and flac files on my computer are convenient and if I lost them, there are songs in there that I could never find again. | ||
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
On February 09 2013 04:02 gaymon wrote: Why would u create a blog about losing ~10000 songs which you illegally downloaded ? And why would u safe all that music anyways with pages like grooveshark.. Why would you post here just to be a condescending douche to a random internet stranger? Did you even consider that maybe the music he listens to is very hard to come by? Or better yet, maybe he doesn't have the money to spend on that much music? I've said it many times and I'll say it again, a true fan who can't buy your music but supports your band is infinitely more valuable than a poser who buys the record, thinks its crap and goes back to listening to the radio's top 40 of the week. I feel for you Azera, as someone who absolutely loves music, I really really do. Guess I should be investing in an external HDD at some point in the near future. :/ | ||
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gaymon
Germany1023 Posts
On February 09 2013 04:09 TheAmazombie wrote: For me, I have been a musician and collector of local and underground music since the 90s...not to mention all of the bootlegs and live shows. Those are things that you can't just replace or find on grooveshark or other streaming services. It would be upsetting to me if I lost all of that, but at the same time, that is the risk you take in digital storage...especially without backups or cloud service backups. If you are so concerned about your music backing it up is probably the best choice.Bootlegs and live shows (arent nonofficial liveshows bootlegs 99% of the times ? o0) should be findable in various forums. Grooveshark is limited. I can't put those songs on my phone, I can't download the songs with fancy bitrates or uncompressed for my sound system, I have to put up with the limited selection and the clumsy UI. MP3 and flac files on my computer are convenient and if I lost them, there are songs in there that I could never find again. Only downloading 10 percent of your songs will give u 80 hours of music (160 if you like opeth and over9000 if you like Nocte Obducta LOL), i dont think that you will die if you dont immideatly have access to all of your songs on the highest quality possible. Having a 100% crystal clear flac quality piece of art on your mobile/mp3 to listen to in the sub or on the bus isnt really required aswell. Why would you post here just to be a condescending douche to a random internet stranger? Did you even consider that maybe the music he listens to is very hard to come by? Or better yet, maybe he doesn't have the money to spend on that much music? I've said it many times and I'll say it again, a true fan who can't buy your music but supports your band is infinitely more valuable than a poser who buys the record, thinks its crap and goes back to listening to the radio's top 40 of the week. I feel for you Azera, as someone who absolutely loves music, I really really do. Guess I should be investing in an external HDD at some point in the near future. :/ After ranting i gave him the advice to grooveshark it, maybe he didn't know about that. Music which is hard to come by is often also free and such easily obtainable in legal ways or not on the internet at all (but why shouldnt he have a tape/cd/record in that case) | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On February 09 2013 03:59 sam!zdat wrote: Aerisky I don't understand your question Nvm I think I misinterpreted your comment. I thought you were ranting about planned obsolescence taking the soul out of music media or something lol. Though digital storage isn't planned obsolescence per se. Still does have that consumerist concept which you really hate though, is all. | ||
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marttorn
Norway5211 Posts
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NicksonReyes
Philippines4431 Posts
.Backing up my files now. | ||
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sob3k
United States7572 Posts
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Swede
New Zealand853 Posts
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sob3k
United States7572 Posts
On February 09 2013 13:40 Swede wrote: You didn't listen to 650gb of music anyway. Even in FLAC that's like 2000ish albums... Maybe even 3000. Think of it as a chance to get rid of the shit you never listened to. Yeah but you can easily listen to like 30 gigs regularly. If your music taste is non mainstream enough, refinding that is gonna be a fucking nightmare. I have 23gigs of painfully selected tracks I would goddamn cry if I lost. some of them took me like hours just to find the first time. | ||
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Swede
New Zealand853 Posts
On February 09 2013 13:56 sob3k wrote: Yeah but you can easily listen to like 30 gigs regularly. If your music taste is non mainstream enough, refinding that is gonna be a fucking nightmare. I have 23gigs of painfully selected tracks I would goddamn cry if I lost. some of them took me like hours just to find the first time. Yeah, I agree. I just find people who have that much music annoying for some reason. | ||
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Azera
3800 Posts
On February 09 2013 14:38 Swede wrote: Yeah, I agree. I just find people who have that much music annoying for some reason. Well that's weird. Most of the files were different renditions of classical music. I think I had about 14 kinds of Beethoven's 9th. Also, Grooveshark had bad sound quality. I have a FiiO E10 and Audioengine A2s as well as a Sennheisers HD598. I'd be a stupid cunt if I used Grooveshark to play my music. | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On February 09 2013 14:38 Swede wrote: Yeah, I agree. I just find people who have that much music annoying for some reason. You must really hate commercial DJs for hire - I think my brother lugs around nearly half a terabyte of music for all manner of gigs. Because you just never know. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On February 09 2013 16:36 Azera wrote: I'd be a stupid cunt if I used Grooveshark to play my music. lol tell it like it is | ||
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Azera
3800 Posts
On February 09 2013 03:27 sam!zdat wrote: Once upon a time, I had many many compact discs. I thought to myself: "sam, now that it's the future, shouldn't these be digital?" "Yes!", I thought. So I put the compact discs into the computer. One at a time. They were assimilated. Their souls were too big for my computer's soul-box, so I had to get an external soul-box to keep them in. How nice! The souls traveled through a string into the soul-box, but the string was not that wide, and so it took some time. It took many moons to assimilate all the souls. Finally, I was done. "Hooray!", I thought. In my joy, I knocked the soul-box off of the table and it fell onto the ground. The soul-box cracked, and all the souls leaked out. "Alas", I thought. This is eloquent. I like it. It's lovely. | ||
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Tal
United Kingdom1017 Posts
Really sorry for you, makes me want to do a back up right now | ||
Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On February 09 2013 22:36 Kipsate wrote: If it is worth to you as much as I think it is then you should consider bringing the HDD to a recovery service(ofcourse you can first try free software). If you really have been building it for 3 years then a paid service will be worth it. That's an option, but recovery services go from somewhat reasonable to "dear god, how many zeros are on the end of that number?" quickly - and they cannot guarantee that they will be able to recover any of it. (Replacing a controller card in the drive versus forensic examination of the platters.) | ||
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