not for backup. i need floppies.
begin Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What I do for fast, reliable, cheap backup is mount hard drives in > removable carriers. > > -- Rod > http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ > > On Tuesday 01 January 2002 11:15 am, Henry House wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 09:31:50AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > i'm sure someone here keeps track of this stuff... > > > > > > what's some really high-quality floppy disks brands? i'd be > > > willing to pay unreasonable prices just as long as they're > > > reliable. > > > > > > i'm sick and tired of floppy disks dying on me. what's the best > > > brands to get? > > > > I would not use any type of removable winchester storage for data > > too valuble to lose. That goes for floppies, zip cartriges, and > > anything else that contains a rotating, flexible platter. By their > > very nature these devices are mechanically unreliable. If you want > > reliability, use tapes or CD-RW (which is actually pretty cheap > > now). > > > > Failing that, I suggest you find the most expensive type available > > and go with that. Also, I would avoid any product made by Verbatim. > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D PGP Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
