I converted them to .mp3 (at a fairly high bitrate) so they'd play off a USB stick in the car (it doesn't know flac). It increases my storage, having two copie

I converted them to .mp3 (at a fairly high bitrate) so they'd play off a USB stick in the car (it doesn't know flac). It increases my storage, having two copies like that. But I think of the .mp3 files as my "mix tapes" that I wouldn't be upset to lose since I can make another at any time. :) Backups are a requirement, now that I've gotten rid of the physical media. Local storage is on a mirrored drive array. I also have a copy on a Truecrypt'd drive at work, and another copy at a relative's house several states away. Online backup really isn't an affordable option for 350+ gb. :/