Posted by Mike Redrobe on 03/22/06 21:55

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.

> 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

--
Mike

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