Are CD's Good For Backing-Up My Themeforest Files?

Are Blank CD’s safe for backing-up my theme forest files? Are they reliable and safe? Will they last for years? Thanks for your time,

Personally, I would find cds a little impractical.

I use an external hard drive and then store a few files on my server too:)

CD’s last for years but you have to store them secure so they don’t get a lot of sunlight and are safe against scratches.

However I would recommend you to use an external hard drive. CD’s are so outdated

Bluray discs are much better, it’s an investment at first but they are much more reliable than DVDs, they’re scratch resistant and have a lifetime of more than 50 years I burned a couple for backup purposes and had no problems at all. 25gb per disc is great too

I’m from a different marketplace but for my audio source file I use a combination of a portable hard drive + secure online storage. Hope that helps.

MikS Music

CDs are becoming obsolete like VHS tapes. I use flash drives, ext hard drives, and Amazon S3 storage.

All my marketplace files are in my Dropbox – a great way to keep your files safe and accessible (assuming you trust the reliability of your cloud service and don’t need more than a few gigabytes)

Burning your work on DVDs are absolutely the best and mobile. Just preserve them carefully. You can burn one set for your back-up and keep it somewhere and the other set for your daily projects. One of your friends or clients may need to use one or two of your elements… if you saved it in your hard drive, it will be difficult (and risky) for you to give away your hard drive with all your work pack-up in it but if they are in CDs/DVDs you can easily give the person one or two of them and the rest of your other works are safe with you.

However, hard drive and secure online storage medium is also good for ultimate file storage (You don’t need to be afraid whether your CDs/DVDs will crack).

I just get cheapo stick usb drives from microcenter, like 8GB ones for a few bucks, I’ll buy two and backup stuff on both redundantly. Cheap, redundant backups that take up almost no space to physically store, and a decent amount of memory on them too, holds plenty unless you’re storing tons of video.

If you got more expensive ones then there wouldn’t even be the need for redundancy, but the cheap one’s I’ve found every once in a great while get corrupted, so that’s why I recommend redundants so that if one gets corrupted you can wipe it (or just get a new one) and re-copy from the other

Yes, a DVD is the best way. Just bought a few last week for back up.

Hard drives fail, online storage websites usually have terms such as: they are not responsible if they go bankrupt or shut down the service for some other reason. You are not dependent on having an internet connection either.

Optical storage is a bit like radio and books – it’s an old invention and many have predicted it will become obsolete, but in many situations it’s irreplaceable and more practical to use.

Just buy a good brand, record them at the lowest speed possible and then store them in a dark place. Make sure your recorder is good and buy a new one if needed (don’t buy an LG) – a DVD recorder costs as low as 15 euro.

Of course, the best scenario is to combine as many backup options as possible.

||+519485|Joost said-|| All my marketplace files are in my Dropbox – a great way to keep your files safe and accessible (assuming you trust the reliability of your cloud service and don’t need more than a few gigabytes)

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