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Best way to do a backup?

What would be the best way to do a backup of over 3,000 mp3's in one folder?  I have burned them to cdr in the past, but that was when I only had a few hundred mp3's at the time.  Now I still want to put them on cdr's, but it would be very time consuming picking the right amount of files (650-700mb).

Any ideas would be appreciated

Thank you.

Best way to do a backup?

Reply #1 –
http://bttb.sourceforge.net/

Burn to the brim.

This is a program that calculates how much files you can stuff on a cd. Is this what you're looking for ?

Best way to do a backup?

Reply #2 –
Just an idea, if your files have tags you can try Tag 2.0 to move files to album subdirectories. That might make handling them easier for you.

Best way to do a backup?

Reply #3 –
Personally, I like subfolders like the following:

Artist name/(year) Album title/Track number - Song name

or

Various Artists/(year) Album title/Track number - Artist name - Song name

Just use the same folders on the cd layout and you have an easy way of making and restoring a backup.

Best way to do a backup?

Reply #4 –
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Originally posted by Benny.X
http://bttb.sourceforge.net/ 

Burn to the brim.

This is a program that calculates how much files you can stuff on a cd. Is this what you're looking for ?


Kinda what I am looking for.  Once it selects files, does it remove them from a list so you don't select them again?

Best way to do a backup?

Reply #5 –
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Originally posted by Benny.X
http://bttb.sourceforge.net/ 

Burn to the brim.

This is a program that calculates how much files you can stuff on a cd. Is this what you're looking for ?

Great link Benny.X
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Best way to do a backup?

Reply #6 –
Benny.X, Thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for.  I downloaded it and gave it a try and it works great.  Thanks again.

Best way to do a backup?

Reply #7 –
just do it alphabetically...

use data cd in nero [or something similar] and burn away.