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harddrive broke & want to retreive mp3s from flash drive
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harddrive broke & want to retreive mp3s from flash drive

Product
Scratch Live
Version
2.3.3
Hardware
Rane SL1
Computer
PC
OS
Platform
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DJ Matt Nixon 4:48 PM - 6 February, 2012
My netbook was dropped destroying the harddrive. every couple of wqeeks serato would ask if I wanted to back up my files. I have it on a flash drive, but it doesn't show actual songs, just (crates, subcrates, etc. Is there any way yo reteive the priceless music collection I have to put on another comp for a show next week? And for the future is there any precautions I should take to avoid this happening again. Thnak you so much for all the help, products and excellent customer service you guys give, Scracthlifer!
icb 4:58 PM - 6 February, 2012
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And for the future is there any precautions I should take to avoid this happening again.


Try not to drop your laptop to the ground. That should do it.
RAYMIXX 5:20 PM - 6 February, 2012
SL doesn't back up your actual tracks just crates, midi mapped files ect,..sorry to say your music is prob gone, unless you can take it to an I.T. guy that can try and recover the files off you broke HD.

In the future back up all your music on to another external plus the _Serato_ folder for your crates...I have my library backed up on three separate external HD...over kill I know but smart
phatbob 5:30 PM - 6 February, 2012
Just to echo the other comments above, unless you have backed up your music somewhere else you've probably lost the lot.

Hopefully you can use this as a lesson about backing up important data.
Rane, Support
Zach S 11:03 PM - 6 February, 2012
Everyone is correct here.
Sounds like you simply have a backup of your crate files which are just files telling SSL what you've imported. They don't actually house your files.
Do you have a backup?
DJ Matt Nixon 5:52 PM - 8 February, 2012
thanks for the help, I learned my lesson, it's all gone. i'll be backing up everything from now on.
phatbob 6:18 PM - 8 February, 2012
Sorry it happened to you. I think most people would agree that we're all so hardcore about backing up now only because we've had something similar happen in the past...
Rane, Support
Zach S 7:01 PM - 8 February, 2012
Ouch.. yes.. it has happened to all of us at some point.
Gotta have a backup:)

I'll close this thread for now. If you'd like to re-open it just re-post.