I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of
anyone has any suggestions on how best to do this. Should I just dump
the
On 2006-09-10 @ 17:02:48 (week 36) Russell L. Harris wrote:
While I did mention the oxide, the remarks which you cite had to do
primarily with obsolescence of the technology. I have 8-inch floppies
(SSSD and DSDD) with data which I would like to retrieve, but unless I
find someone who still
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 10:05:27PM -0400, H.S. wrote:
I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of
anyone has any
On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote:
I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of
anyone has any suggestions on
Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote:
I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was
On Sunday 10 September 2006 09:43, Russell L. Harris wrote:
Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote:
I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these
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On 09/10/06 03:43, Russell L. Harris wrote:
Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote:
I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my
hard disk. I have all of these as albums in digikam. I
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As for freeing up ... hard disk, I agree, that's the *worst*
reason for doing this. Unless OP is poor and lives in the 3rd
world. But then, does he have a DVD burner, and do his family/
friends have DVD players?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA
Russell L. Harris wrote:
Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote:
I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
to a DVD and freeing up the space
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On 09/10/06 08:59, Andrei Popescu wrote:
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As for freeing up ... hard disk, I agree, that's the *worst*
reason for doing this. Unless OP is poor and lives in the 3rd
world. But then, does he have a DVD
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 10:05:27PM -0400, H.S. wrote:
I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of
anyone has any
Hi Russell,
While I do agree with most of what you wrote I'd not be so quick in
dismissing floppies, nor tape for that matter.
(An Example: Does anyone remember the 8-inch floppy, which came in both
single- and double-side versions, and in both single- and double-density
variations? And does
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On 09/10/06 16:04, J.A. de Vries wrote:
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You'd have to be a fossil just like me to even want to, but the fact
still remains that these floppies are perfectly fine after 20 years. So
are tapes (I know of tapes even older than that which are
H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Russell L. Harris wrote:
Both the CD and the DVD are quite susceptible to mechanical damage,
particularly on the back side, on which is the reflective layer, just
under the paint or label. Moreover, the reflective layer is prone to
flaking and peeling with time
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.A. de Vries) writes:
Hi Russell,
While I do agree with most of what you wrote I'd not be so quick in
dismissing floppies, nor tape for that matter.
(An Example: Does anyone remember the 8-inch floppy, which came in both
single- and double-side versions, and in both
I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of
anyone has any suggestions on how best to do this. Should I just dump
the
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