Posted by def456 on 05/23/07 00:03
Depends on the system. I had a data DVD handy which contains a 3.4 GB zip
file, and gave it a try. It took me 8 minutes and 5 seconds to copy it to a
hard drive. So you can extrapolate from that.
"Jaxx" <nonono@co.co.co> wrote in message
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>I have been using hard drives as a backup for my data and I would like
> to know about using DVD as a backup store instead.
>
> How long would it take a fairly cheap DVD read-writer drive to read the
> full 4.7 GB of data from a DVD+R disc?
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