Warning! Save Your Midi Files

Good point King -
Although JUST for midis - you probably won't need to split an archive for a CD...
My RAR archive holds a total of nearly 20000 files (midis, Kar, lyrics, tabs, etc) and is just over 120MB (using high compression).

Now that's a different story if you're going to try to store 120MB on a bunch of floppies...

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Forget RAR, go with ACE... The newest version of ACE just packed a 5.2 MB installation file for a game I've got into a 720kb archive. WinRar only made it 1.2 MB.

Once I've downloaded the midi into my phone I delete it from the computer. Let it go man!!

Originally posted by Superman199
Once I've downloaded the midi into my phone I delete it from the computer. Let it go man!!

since you only download midis and never sequenced one you wouldn't know the amount of work that goes into sequencing a midi.

I have started saving all my midis (13,500) on to a re-writeable CD and I save them once a week as well as that I bought a small 3Gig HD put it in and copied all them on to it and then removed it again. Saving all your midis to CD is wise, being on this site lets you know how valuable your midis are.

using SMART feature on your HD's will slow your performance. But the best way is to get cdrws or another HD? Which harddrive do you have that crashed?(so i won't buy it hehe)

Sometimes haivng 2 HD is better than one, maybe you should get like a extra 30 gig HD.

Sorry to hear you'd lost your work in progress. I recently plugged in a 21 page score and I got quite paranoid about saving it - it took 30 odd hours! Now it is uploaded to a site so I don't have to worry even if my house burns down - which isn't such a silly thought around these parts.

BYW - I am new and I read somewhere that you could have your midi files rated (somewhere around here)- I am fairly new at sequencing and would love some feedback on a couple of my midis.

T2

yeah, just post the files you created in the Self-Sequenced section.

By the way, welcome to the boards

i save i crash more puters than anyone you,v ever seen button pusher ya know, and the fact live with a puter nut never know when i come home if im reforemated or not get things so messed up i think im a puter nuts worst nightmare ehhehee

Sound Advice!

My hard drive bit the dust a few months ago good thing I always make backups!

Here's what you do: Buy an x year old computer (doesn't really matter how old, just make sure the HDD is upgradeable, and that it's not that expensive). Then, buy a 120GB (or whatever, however big you want), and put it in the old comp. Network this comp and your current comp together, make sure to back up every once in a while, and voila: you have a 120GB hard drive that you hardly ever have to worry about: no overheating, no possible virii (or is it viruses? Hm...), and plus, you have another computer! Woohoo!

Does anyone have experience with some of htese internet firms which allow you to back up your critical directories to their servers via a broadband connection at night or other specified time?

the story goes, the devil was mad because Jesus got all the attention, he went to God and said, man its not fair, give us a challenge so I can out perform him just once. Well God gave each an essay to write in a certain amount of time, so Jesus was typing typing saving and the devil was typing typing typing, both were just about to print, and all of electricty went out, well the deadline came and Jesus went up and handed God His paper, the devil was furious, man he gets all the breaks the stupid electricity went out and I lost everything, God said, you lost because, "Jesus Saves"
I thought this was a great lesson learned, if I have anything important I learned to always save!

ha!~~~ nice one

BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP!
Iv'e lost gigs of info and audio over the years, and now i've
learned to backup everything often.