Copy 10 CD's to HDD simultaneously?

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Hallo,


Hope it is in the correct forum.

We have 2000 CD's that we need to copy to a HDD. What is the easiest, fastest way of doing it?
Any solutions out there or should I just add 10 CD Rom's to my PC and then manually copy over?



Thanx in advance.
 
Wow, interesting problem.

Adding 10 CD Rom drives is unlikely to help (i don't even think you can add 10 to a single pc) - your CPU/RAM will probably be the bottle neck with so many devices all trying to read and write at once to one HDD.

Maybe easier to copy from multiple PC's to some NAS or to each machines HDD and then to a central NAS?

Keen to hear what other solutions there are.
 
Get a network of 2000 pc's each copy it to a shared file then copy that shared file to the HDD. Scale according to network I suppose.
 
What's on the CD's out of interest? Would it need decoding/transcoding or pure copypasta?

I backed up some stuff years ago: the CD's are now toast :(

My new PC doesn't even have a DVD Drive...

Regarding CPU/RAM and transfer speeds, I reckon you should be able to fit 4xreaders in an ATX case. I can't imagine their combined load would overwhelm the thing...
 
Thanx for the solutions so far.

Am actually looking for a more automated solution.




It is purely copy and paste.




We want to tag the data as well but I will use another solution for that.
 
Perhaps some of the duplication services that are offered? A quick google.. http://www.cdt.co.za/

There are a few it seems. I imagine as a once off it's almost better to pay somebody - it will take many hours to do this.

Also - you mention tag the data - so I'm assuming it's not audio/video - but perhaps photos or some other data. Keep in mind many smaller photo's will seriously hamper copy speed - so in for the long haul :)
 
IguBu said:
Perhaps some of the duplication services that are offered? A quick google.. http://www.cdt.co.za/

There are a few it seems. I imagine as a once off it's almost better to pay somebody - it will take many hours to do this.

Also - you mention tag the data - so I'm assuming it's not audio/video - but perhaps photos or some other data. Keep in mind many smaller photo's will seriously hamper copy speed - so in for the long haul :)
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Aaaa.... Thanx. Send them a mail.
 
How about a VB script that copies data off the CD to a specific folder, ejects the CD, then once a new disc is inserted it restarts the process from the start?
 
McGuywer said:
Hallo,


Hope it is in the correct forum.

We have 2000 CD's that we need to copy to a HDD. What is the easiest, fastest way of doing it?
Any solutions out there or should I just add 10 CD Rom's to my PC and then manually copy over?



Thanx in advance.
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This might help: http://www.wootware.co.za/cfi-b7886cm-8-bay-das-sata-3-5-black-external-enclosure.html -- but you might want too research it a bit first (e.g. see if a 5.25 inch CD-drive will fit into the bay if the quick-release HD chasis is removed).

You could use a script like http://askubuntu.com/questions/197662/how-do-i-auto-copy-cd-contents-on-insertion. You can boot Linux from a flashdisk to do it (if you don't have it installed already) and then just run one version of the script for each drive. And literally you would just have to insert a new disk when the old one ejects (or things go wrong :-) ). Pretty sure it might be possible to use Powershell as well.
 
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Surely the number to be copied is limited by the number of cores?

I usually copy a max of 4 files at a time on a 4 core machine. Try to copy 5 and the time extends exponentially.

Personally I would think that 4 cores and 4 dvd players would work well.
 
McGuywer said:
Hallo,


Hope it is in the correct forum.

We have 2000 CD's that we need to copy to a HDD. What is the easiest, fastest way of doing it?
Any solutions out there or should I just add 10 CD Rom's to my PC and then manually copy over?



Thanx in advance.
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You may get some inspiration from this
 
Oh -- maybe another suggestion. Instead of doing a file copy -- use a script like above but do a raw copy (in linux with command dd). That will be much, much faster and lighter on CPU. You can always extract the CD contents later with a script but at least you can do all of that digitally. And on the upside you won't get all kinds of "File name too long" or similar bad messages.
 
Are these CDs not protected by any DRM copy schemes? I have a few possibilities in mind if that's the case.
 
Use the "Batch Ripper" software from https://www.dbpoweramp.com/ + 6x DVD drives in your PC

The software is designed for specifically for your requirements.

BTW if you have the $$$ you can buy an automated solution !
 
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Rickster said:
Im thinking this.

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Yes, I have that in mind as well..... :)

CataclysmZA said:
Are these CDs not protected by any DRM copy schemes? I have a few possibilities in mind if that's the case.
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No DRM, think files, docs, spreadsheets etc.

rrh said:
Use the "Batch Ripper" software from https://www.dbpoweramp.com/ + 6x DVD drives in your PC

The software is designed for specifically for your requirements.

BTW if you have the $$$ you can buy an automated solution !
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Any links?
 
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