Posted by Steve on 04/05/06 01:29

On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 15:24:11 -0400, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote:

>Tim V. (tsvemail-usenet@yahoo.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> You can also look at it like: at $1 a blank disc, it is still somewhat
>> cost effective to backup your $6 bargain bin movie.
>
>Or, at about $1.33/original disc, you can just put everything onto a hard
>drive and have all your DVDs instantly available, while the originals sit
>safely in their boxes.

I used to think that, but in reality hard drives are VERY unreliable
if they have to be disconnected and reconnected. I've lost data on
Sata drives when the flimsy cable wasn't attached properly during
boot, IDE drives have failed due to static, both types have had data
corrupted when XP/W2K has mistakenly assigned the same drive letter to
two drives on first boot..I've losgt an entire editing project on a
USB external drive - I never found out why..the point is there are so
many potential ways to damage the data on a drive... If I have
critical dat I always get it off to a couple of Taiyo-Yudens.

As for backing up DVDs, I have copied just a few in my colletion that
have become rare, such as "This Island Earth" and "Hurricane." Also I
backed up the Original DVD of "Splash." While there is now a better
DVD, it is ironic to mention that that original one has developed
errors and freezes in any player, but the backup is ok..

... Steve .

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