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Posted by guv on 01/15/06 18:23
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 09:33:28 -0500, "Cliff Wild"
<CliffWild@xemaps.com> wrote:
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>ST wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Damon" <todamon@gmail.com>
>> Newsgroups: alt.video.dvdr,rec.video.dvd.tech,uk.media.dvd
>> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 9:32 AM
>> Subject: Re: DVD versus hard drive
>>
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>>> Safe? Not at all, I used to have my commonly used install files on
>>> one DVD-r then one day for no apparent reason, none of my 4 DVD
>>> drives on 3 different machines would recognize the disc. There were
>>> no scratches or scuffs on the disc, it just stopped being readable,
>>> If this happened to a HDD then the data would be recoverable but
>>> with a DVD, I don't know what can be done. I suppose it is
>>> financially viable to make copies of these types of discs and seal
>>> them away against this sort of event but you think handling and
>>> storing the disc will mean it will work for a long time but no.
>>>
>>> Damon
>>
>> At around £5-10 for a spindle of 25 DVD-Rs you could always take 2
>> copies of the data and lock one away as a double backup.
>>
>> Although I too would rather keep it all on a Hard Disk. I have a DVD
>> Writer too, but I backup all my critical data to an external USB Hard
>> Disk
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> Gig for gig HDDs are cheaper and becoming more so every day.
Absolute nonsense.
10 DVDRs will set you back about £2 or cheaper. If you can source
45gig hard drives for £2 each - I'll take the lot.
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