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Posted by Rod Speed on 03/22/06 22:03
Mike Redrobe <mike@redrobe.net> wrote:
> Trevor wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:01:21 GMT, "Mike Redrobe" wrote:
>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>> Yep, tape has passed its useby date for the backup
>>>> of personal desktop systems. Replaced by hard drives.
>>>
>>> Those drives would have to be well cooled and well shock
>>> mounted to rival the durability of tapes (or DVDs)
>>>
>>> Is there a decent shockproof hard disk enclosure
>>> or caddy ? One that can survive drops from the desk?
>>
>> The bigger question might be, why are you dropping hard drives
>> off of your desk?
> Trolling aside, any removeable media has to be reasonably
> physically robust. HDDs generally aren't.
It isnt hard to make them reasonably physically robust.
>> Maybe a bigger desk or more organization is the key. At any
>> rate, that's yet another reason why I advocate backing up to one or
>> more internal drives. Even if you're a total klutz, you probably
>> aren't knocking your entire PC off of your desk, making "shockproof"
>> a non-issue.
> Removeable media (tapes) regularly experience more shock than media not
> designed for that i.e. HDDs
It isnt hard to make the HDDs as robust.
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