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Posted by <normanstrong on 12/08/05 16:26
"thehick" <thehick@canada.com> wrote in message
news:1133989380.404580.305790@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> "Lately I've been storing my vast music collection on DVDR discs,"
> as convenient as this seems, DVDs are not meant for archiving. the
> recording
> process on a dvd is based on error happening by the ton and being
> corrected by all the extra bits. when there are too many errors, you
> have a noise. and this will vary depending on the compatibility
> between the recorder used and the playback device.
>
> i wouldn't want to trust my mp3 collection to such a fragile media.
> i use only hard drives for storage. they are so cheap. everything i
> have
> is on two drives in two separate computers. think of the many
> many hours you've spent gathering thsese mp3s. i'd not want to
> lose them
I'm definitely with you on that point. I also store my collection on a
separate hard drive, only in my case the 2nd hard drive is in the same
computer. This will have to do until I get another computer.
The DVDs are for lending to friends, one in particular.
Norm
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