Posted by Cathy on 01/16/70 11:52

I haven't tried this, but it is free:

http://www.backup.comodo.com/

"John" <cow@chicken.com> wrote in message
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> Hi. I have a lot of files of my computer that I want to save onto DVD.
> They are video files that I have converted to MP4 format to save on
> space using Nero Recode. I don't want to burn them as a movie though
> that can be played back on a DVD Player. I just want to burn the files
> as Data that can be played back on computer. It is also a lot quicker
> to burn this way. If I was to burn it as a Video DVD it would take
> several hours for Nero to encode and author it, whereas if I burn as
> data it only takes a short time, and then I can hopefully open within
> my computer.
>
> I just wondered what types of DVD media you would consider to be best
> for this? There are quite a lot of different types available now:
>
> DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL etc from many
> different companies and with different burn speeds available as well.
>
> Would I always be best buying record once media? I have used Verbatims
> DVD-RW and -RW DL media in the past for trying to burn both data discs
> and also to author DVD video to using Nero and other applications.
>
> When you want to author your own video DVD it often takes a long time
> to do so using Nero and it often failed to burn properly. Perhaps it
> is better to use record once DVD discs for this?
>
> It is the same with data, I have probably burned about 3 or 4 discs in
> the past of MP4 video files onto DVD-RWs as data, and on one or two of
> the discs it has completely successfully but the resulting disc can
> not be read in my computer DVD drive.
>
> If I want to save a lot of my files, video files and other files from
> my computer to a blank DVD to save space on my hard drive, what type
> and brand of discs would you recommend I use? And what options should
> I select to burn this sucessfully as a Data/Storage DVD that can be
> easily read back on my computer?
>
> I have had great trouble in the past burning DVDs using a variety of
> programs.
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
>
>

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