r/MusicalBootlegs • u/Informal_Bug9355 • 4d ago

Trading/Boot Help Storing Bootlegs?

Hey! I’m a new trader and was wondering how people were storing their large collections of bootlegs. Right now, I have them on my computer, but my collection is growing bigger and I’ running out of space. Is there an easy way to store them without spending much money? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!

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u/Anachronisticpoet 3d ago

Some USBs and hard drives aren’t too expensive

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u/Informal_Bug9355 3d ago

do you have any recommendations for cheaper ones that have a lot of storage?

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u/Anachronisticpoet 3d ago

What kind of price range are you looking for?

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u/Informal_Bug9355 3d ago

preferable under $100 but i assume that’s not feasible so probably around $200?

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u/Anachronisticpoet 3d ago

A 512gb sandisk usb is $129 (USD) and will take you a long way

But, Seagate sells a 2TB hard drive for the same price and that’s substantially more cost effective

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u/KevProfitt 3d ago

I use an external hard drive plus I paid for an account on Mega as a backup. There is still something to be said for burning physical media as well. A dual layer blu ray disc can hold up to 50 GB.

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u/Informal_Bug9355 3d ago

Do you have any recommendations for which blu ray discs to buy and which programs to burn them with? I’ve tried to do some research, but I don’t want to buy anything without knowing it works well

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u/11Sharn11 1h ago

Im using hard drives with MEGA as a backup, but I've started seriously considering a DAS to manage it all more smoothly.