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Best way to archive MP3 files ?

I've got 60gb of MP3 files sitting taking up much needed space on my PC. Was looking into getting an external hard drive , but 64gb memory sticks are now becoming quite affordable. Are they dependable ?? ( maybe get 2 and do a mirror copy ) or am I better off going for external hdd. ?

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  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    edited 1 October 2012 at 9:59PM
    external then you can backup the machine too.

    or prune, are you ever likely to listen to them all

    Moving your only copy of data somewhere else is risky, better to keep them where they are, and use external for backup
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  • Mr_Toad
    Mr_Toad Posts: 2,462 Forumite
    I'd go for an external drive. I've got promotional memory sticks that I was given free years ago that are still working while one that I payed for died 6 months out of warranty.
    One by one the penguins are slowly stealing my sanity.
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