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Mar 4, 2025 - 9:36 PM
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Amer Zahid
(Member)
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Speaking as someone who DID lose their whole collection in a burglary (about 35 years ago) and is also a qualified professional in Business Continuity (which focuses on risks of loss and compromise), the best strategy is... Yes, own CDs. But rip those CD in lossless format, so you don't lose the music if you lose the CDs, and download everything you buy as digital, otherwise you're at risk of streaming services removing content. Back your digital library up to Cloud storage. But also back it up to at least two removable hard drives in case the Cloud provider sinks or you need to recover your music without internet access. Keep at least one of those hard drives some place other than your house. Maybe a garage, your desk at work, or your car. Maybe even in your phone if your phone storage can be expanded. That should pretty much cover all risks except the most extreme events—but for those events, you probably won't care. It sounds like a lot of hoo-ha, but given how cheap removable hard drives are, the speed of USB-C and fibre broadband, it's not that expensive and it's easy to maintain once set up. Another option is to have friends who can digitally replenish you if you lose things. Cheers Sounds like a plan.
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