Posted by Jeff Rife on 11/29/05 13:13

Bob (spam@uce.gov) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:49:43 -0500, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote:
>
> >Anybody who wants to back up their 200GB hard drive without swapping
> >discs every 20 minutes for 8 hours.
>
> Backup your HD to another HD in a removable bay. It is a lot faster
> and cheaper than an optical disc backup.

....and has all the same problems that hard drives have, and it's *not*
cheaper. I can buy 5 sets of -R discs (or 3 sets of -RW discs) to backup
a 200GB drive for the same price as one hard drive. Optical discs have
dropped in price faster than magnetic drives, and they will continue to do
so.

> If you really want to do the backup properly, then maintain a set of 3
> identical discs and rotate them periodically.

And, don't drop those hard drives when you move them around, or get
anything magnetic too close to them, or let them sit without being used
for too long (many drives freeze up after a while).

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