Re: [SLE] Using k3b... and better backup tech
From: Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd Internet Mobile w/ Treo (adamvaz_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 09/12/05
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To: sloncho@gmail.com, suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:16:00 -0400
Hello from Adam
If you are wondering about the viability of CD/DVD longivity, they go bad as soon as you burn on them.
Cnet reported that as soon as 6 months afterwards, they had CDs going south on them.
For archival use, make or buy a USB external drive using USB2. I have built several drives using laptop (2.5) and desktop (3.5 and Full 5 1/4).
The kits are cheap and the drives are falling in price. The laptop drives are very robust and take falls very well in those tiny enclosures.
The most important part: no loss of data yet. Whereas, i have lost dozens of CDS due to media curruption.
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From: Sunny <sloncho@gmail.com>
Subj: Re: [SLE] Using k3b
Date: Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:44 am
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On 9/12/05, Tim Hanson <tjhanson98@comcast.net> wrote:
> I have a large jazz CD collection, a lot of which may not be available
> forever. I'm concerned with things I've read that CDs and DVDs may be
> subject to deterioration. I also know that CDs can also be damaged by
> scratches, etc.
>
> I'm familiar with and have successfully used the CD cloning utility of k3b to
> create a playable (with a standard CD player) duplicate CD, but I want to
> copy the entire image to my hard drive, so I can keep it there in case the
> original becomes unplayable later. I have no interest in creating a bunch of
> duplicate CDs, most of which will never be used in my lifetime.
>
> When I clone directly to my hard drive, the program created two files:
> k3b_0.img and k3b_0.img.toc. This is fine, but I can't figure out how to
> write this image to another CD. I've read the documentation that comes with
> the program without success.
>
>
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What I do is to encode my CDs with FLAC. It does not lose any quality,
and saves like half of the space. Later you can create a CD from the
files.
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