KVR Audio

symplectiq · Post by **symplectiq** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:52 pm

Do you backup selfmade samples/loops to dvd's or other carriers in case HDD somehow dies? I just realized if my hard drive would blow up I might hang myself. Thoughts?

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:54 pm

Always ... I back everything up to CDR (project files and vsts, as well as samples)

symplectiq · Post by **symplectiq** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:56 pm

So it's worth it. Even though there would be quite a few dvd's used.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:58 pm

The alternative is losing your work, so yeah, it's worth the odd DVD.

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:03 pm

definitely. I have a portable hard disk to back up everything which I take with me if I go away just in case the place should burn down too. Burning DVDs and asking a friend or family member to keep them is a good idea.

Lagrange · Post by **Lagrange** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:57 pm

Listen.. backing up is a religion onto itself.. I backup to secondary external HDD DVD and some times tape (depending on files project etc).. Don't know how many times an archive has saved me..

BACK UP BACK UP and BACK UP!!

L

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:25 pm

I back up my 2 main HD's (OS, data and programs) onto a HD I use exclusively for this purpose, using Acronis TrueImage.

It's not just your data (tho this is the most important); imagine the headache of re-installing, re-configuring, and re-patching all your software.

With mass storage so ridiculously cheap, it is WORTH IT.

93143 · Post by **93143** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:24 pm

I don't back up very much, because my output is so low. Most of what I'd lose is already on CD, because my main PC isn't connected to the internet and I need to use discs to get interesting new toys onto it.

I do have a couple of DVDs with the Nearly Upright samples on them, though - I've been working on this thing for a year and a half, and I'm with you on how I would feel if all my work was erased...

Psy-T · Post by **Psy-T** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:58 pm

I was lazy about backing up for a while in late 2005.

In January 2006 my house was broken into and my computer stolen. I lost 6 months of project files, including what i still consider to be my most creative track ever (fortunately i still have the track in mp3 format for listening purposes, as i put it online).

I no longer neglect making backups.

Do you?