As has been mentioned, magnetic storage is the way to go. And if you're paranoid, redundant magnetic storage, like Raid 1.
Some of my earlier dvds are already unreadable, but I recently plugged in a 12-year old computer and it booted right in to windows 95..... Good ole P100. On 4/22/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Boris Liberman" > Subject: Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD > > > > Mark, > > > > Mark Cassino wrote: > >> ... > >> Over all though, it took hours to copy these files. Since it was a > >> background task on a machine that I just use for scanning and streaming > >> NPR, it wasn't a major problem. But I have roughly 700 more CD's that > >> someday will have to be moved - if not onto DVD's then onto some future > >> media. > >> > >> The thought of that makes me shudder... > > > > I am with Godfrey about this. I've an external 0.5 TB hard drive and I > > am using EMC Retrospect software (that came with the HD) to weekly or > > even more often back up all my hard drives. I've been shooting less than > > you but in principle it is very similar solution. I've few tens of CDs > > and less than ten DVDs but I've decided to not bother with smaller > > media. After all, one good shoot and I can fill up the whole DVD... > > Based on Godfrey recommending this some time ago, I installed a 300gb drive > into my computer for image and other data storage, and then bought an > external enclosure with a 300gb drive installed as a back up to the internal > drive. > When I fill them up, I'll move on to another internal/external drive > arrangement. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
