From: "Brad Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Someone must have a solution, must have found way to reduce the losses. The only way I can see to reduce my losses is to write everything on my old HP burner and make multiple copies - perhaps 4 copies each. That seems a bit much as it reduces the effective capacity of a CD to about 160 megabytes.
Suggestions? >>> Years ago when I had to make a decision on archiving, I began to suspect the same risk with CDs and opted for two external hard drives. I keep one copy of all files on my system, and have two 200gb firewire drives for backup. If one fails, the other can be copied to a replacement drive. It also means simplicity, speed, and easy file retrieval. I had hoped that DVD would provide an alternative but with conflicting standards, rapid changes in technology, and even greater unreliability, I passed. The biggest problem with CDs or DVDs is that you don't know if/when a file will fail and you must either rewrite everything every two years or so, or check files one at a time. Forget it!!- life's too short! Ed Verkaik ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
