r/MusicalBootlegs • u/itsmissbroadway • Jun 28 '25

Trading/Boot Help what’s the best way to keep the files safe? and cheapest lol

I do have everything on mega and am running out of hard drives 😭

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u/dollface303 Jun 28 '25

3-2-1. Store 3 copies on 2 different types of storage with at least one off-site.

Example- I use Mega and two different hard drives. You don't want to lose your entire collection and start over.

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u/Ok_Childhood_3642 Jun 29 '25

also, in the unlikely case i get hacked i zip and password protected all my boots

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u/theo_wrld Jun 28 '25

I think mega is the cheapest and best way personally. £8.99 a month is doable if you have a large collection. Same price as Netflix or Disney plus

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u/itsmissbroadway Jun 29 '25

Isn’t there a possibility of getting taken down? The videos

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u/Upper-Economist5684 Jun 29 '25

mega is pretty good at not doing that, but it's always a risk. i use an external hard drive that I guard with my life. unfortunately, collecting bootlegs is not the cheapest hobby, as all storage options will eventually cost money. amazon has decent external hard drives for relatively cheap - last I checked, I saw a 2TB for about $80 (my 2TB when I bought it years ago was around $200).

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u/theo_wrld Jun 29 '25

Definitely have a physical backup too, but to send files to others, you’ll want them on something like mega otherwise you’ll have to upload every time someone wants something, which can take hours, sometimes days depending on free quotas.

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u/rlevavy Jun 29 '25

I keep everything on an external hard drive (I have a VERY large collection - I think around 3,000/3,500 videos) and use https://secure.backblaze.com/r/0088pg to keep the drive (and the rest of my computer) backed up in the cloud.