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damian_steele
17th July 2007, 03:02 PM
Have you spent ages and loads of money legally downloading music to your computer?

Have you got a really cool collection?

Did you know that the chances are you are not covered for the loss of that music by your insurance policy?

What would you do if your computer crashed and died? What would happen if all your music got wiped out by a virus or hardware failure?

Do you keep backups of your data? If not, why not?

Perhaps you should ask your insurance company what they can do for you?
shabbird
17th July 2007, 04:06 PM
with cheap external hard drives this days.. its easy to have some backup..

i do have contents insurance but never thought it like that..
good question to ask.. if im covered.
Fossy
17th July 2007, 04:18 PM
My insurance covers me for up to £2500 in respect of digital downloads, but I expect I would have to provide some proof of purchase. Who keeps receipts anyway in these days of identity theft?
Hence the reason everything is backed up twice on my system.
silkcityuk2
17th July 2007, 05:10 PM
My insurance covers me for up to £2500 in respect of digital downloads, but I expect I would have to provide some proof of purchase. Who keeps receipts anyway in these days of identity theft?
Hence the reason everything is backed up twice on my system.what happens if your system crashes and is unusable?


or to quote shabbs
say your h/drive is stolen and you are not insured for downloads?
Cocksparrer
17th July 2007, 07:07 PM
Why not just rip them all to disc :-)

Save hd space then & when you want to listen to it just bung it on the cd player
silkcityuk2
17th July 2007, 10:16 PM
Why not just rip them all to disc :-)

Save hd space then & when you want to listen to it just bung it on the cd playernice idea
i have 40gig worth of music alone

that would take months of burning
and to be honest
they dont last forever
madelaine
18th July 2007, 07:08 AM
I have my downloads (and everything else that is mine) backed up to a thumb drive which is in my husband's office. It is updated every couple of weeks. The chances of his office and our home both being engulfed by fire are slight. (I don't have 40 gig though)