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Somebody fucking help me. by mrs. johnson 05/07/2003, 1:33am PDT Here's the situation: I have around 160 gigs of mp3s I want to back up. I'm a little worried that my drives could go at any time. First of all, what is average failure rate of a drive? How much time do they last until it just dies of age? What options do I have? I've considered buying a dvd burner and just making back ups that way. Is that reliable? the mrs.

Somebody fucking help me. by mrs. johnson 05/07/2003, 1:33am PDT     Solution - listen to less trance NT by Entropy Stew 05/07/2003, 1:54am PDT         At this point, trance takes up only about 15 gigs. NT by mrs. johnson 05/07/2003, 1:57am PDT             Wait, I know this - back it up "with a lever big enough". Yeah. NT by Entropy Stew 05/07/2003, 1:59am PDT             You just keep talking while I triangulate your position... NT by Hillary Rosen 05/07/2003, 4:31am PDT     Re: Somebody fucking help me by laudablepuss 05/07/2003, 2:04am PDT         Re: Somebody fucking help me by Guido Jones 05/07/2003, 6:40am PDT     Re: Somebody fucking help me. by Ray, of Light 05/07/2003, 6:36pm PDT         Re: Somebody fucking help me. by Entropy Stew 05/07/2003, 6:45pm PDT             How old can a new drive get? Hard to say. NT by Ray, of Light 05/07/2003, 7:17pm PDT                 Three NT by Mr. Owl 05/08/2003, 12:55pm PDT     You've still got all the original CDs, right? NT by niche 05/07/2003, 6:49pm PDT     Thanks for all the replies by mrs. johnson 05/07/2003, 8:16pm PDT         Re: Thanks for all the replies by laudablepuss 05/07/2003, 8:40pm PDT