Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?

Ron Johnson wrote:
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On 03/01/07 01:14, Joe Hart wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
On 02/28/07 12:59, Joe Hart wrote:
Bob McGowan wrote:
Caoilte O'Connor wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking to backup my mp3 collection (50gig or so) to dvds. I'll
have to tar it all because some of the filenames are too long and a
few have strange accents.

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The *REAL* solution to backing up 50 or 90 or whatever GB of data is
an external hard disk!!!!



yes! that went perfect for two years. last week we lost many electronic data of our (small) business because essent (energy-producer and distributor) failed for five minutes while i was backing up to another hd in the same machine. so: i am repairing all (two weeks work) and i *will* use not-rewritable dvd's because they seem maybe more than a hd independent of external factors.
(this is not completely true of course; like most statements).

regards,

steef




I agree, but my external HD doesn't have the room because its full of

Buy another one?



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