Posted by David Z on 11/29/05 14:14

"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
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> 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).

Not if you live in Hawaii... ;)

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