On 12 May 2004 at 18:30, jtainter wrote: > I would worry a great deal about deleting precious images from the cf card until > I see that they have been transferred safely. To me that involves seeing the > image, not just counting files. Yes, I'm probably overly nervous about it, but > that's how it is. I'm not alone. That's why vendors offer the ones with screens.
I flogged the crap out of my X-Drive after I slapped it together (that roughly translates to: I tested it thoroughly with all manner of connections and storage cards after assembled and I commissioned it). I trust it as much as I trust my camera and the digital media, if you are were at all serious then you'd end up writing each session to a CD (or two) which has been verified. Nothings going to stop a drive from failing whether you checked the images on a screen or not. The way the X-Drive works is that it creates a new subdirectory for each media copy so if you need some consolation then copy the card twice? Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
