Posted by Cliff Wild on 01/15/06 19:23

guv wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 09:33:28 -0500, "Cliff Wild"
> <CliffWild@xemaps.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>
>> 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.

Well lets see now. You can write to a 300gig drive how many times? What
happens to the DVDs when they are full and how long do they last? How many
gigs worth of coaster are floating around compared to used HDDs that still
work fine? How long does it take to burn just ONE DVD a coaster or not? I
will stick with my HDDs for backup and archive.
Wild idea you say? Thanks

CW

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