Forgive me if this sounds like a crazy idea, but here goes.
My HTPC has two drives, one for apps and a 250Gb drive for all my ripped CDs (220 Gb worth of WMA Lossless files). Unfortunately, I do not have a backup right now because my backup solution isn't big enough yet. Until I do, I'm curious if the following is possible.
My current backup plan is to rip all the my CDs again, but one of the most time consuming parts for me was checking and updating all the CD information. With a multiple CD drive system brought down to my family room, I can feed the computer with CDs pretty quickly while I hang around doing something else. Unfortunately, it's the CD information that slows all that down.
Is there a way to generate the CD information in a fashion that the ripper understands so it won't go out to the internet and get it again? Unfortunately, I did loose my system drive a while back, so I do not have all the information from when I ripped everything originally, but I'm thinking I can regenerate the information from my library.
I know it's not perfect, but having this information locally would greatly ease the process in the event that I loose my 250Gb drive. If I have a backup of this information and the library, then I should be able to restore relatively easily.
In the meantime, I'm working on a long-term backup or RAID plan.