On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 12:30 PM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: >> On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 02:39 PM, JAS wrote: >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Allen Barnella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> With Macs now having 40, 60, 80, 100, 120 GB hard drives how are >>>> they >>>> being backed up? >>> Those fortunate backup to SuperDrive DVD's...;-)! >>> Lots'a GB on a single disc? Someone may fill in exact spec of a >>> DVD's >>> capacity. >> Current DVD-R/RW capacity is 4.7GB per side. Double sided DVD-RAMs >> hold >> 9.4GB. >> I have fitted my Rev:D iMac with 120GB HDD but no way to back it up >> since this machine does not come with a CD-R/RW. I am thinking of >> getting the Pioneer 105 DVD-R/RW and putting it into a firewire case. >> That would hopefully allow high capacity backups. >> Meanwhile, for those that have a 20GB iPod, back up to that. > Are you seriously suggesting that someone spend $1500.00 for 3 iPods > to back up a 60GB hard disc?
Ha ha... Of course not... "for those that have" one... I never mentioned three. And besides, the entire disk need not be backed up, only irreplaceable data and settings files. But I would love to have a 60GB iPod... more space to store rented DVD movies that don't fit on a 4.7GB DVD-R :-) > What happened to the Iomega Jaz drives (2 GB per disk, IIRC) > or other high capacity, reusable media? Doesn't look like jaz is part of the product line anymore, its in the 'legacy' section of Iomega's website :-( > It is all well and good to glibly say to use DVD-R or even CD-R > but both of those have major drawbacks: DVD has the capacity > of 2.5 - 4.5 JAZ discs, but is very expensive. CD-R is relatively > economical now but has less capacity then ZIP Drives now have. Recently zip disks are a lot harder to find and more expensive. The lowest street price for a TDK 700M 32xSpeed CD-R costs around 20 cents, CD-RW about 2x ~ 3x that, and a DVD-R will cost around $1.00 ~ $2.00 each. And CD/DVD media seem to store data more reliably and have a stronger resistance to the elements (i.e. humidity). I have seen people disappointed when they used an Iomega zip as a backup and were not able to restore/retrieve from zips -- pissed may be a better adjective. Maybe thats why Apple's Backup application doesn't utilize those as backup media (atleast the 250 isn't). But hey, for those that have had success restoring backups on Iomega media -- then thats great. > What I'm thinking of doing is to buy an FireWire case, > and then a couple of high capacity HD drives. To back up one > computer, I'll connect the cables from the case to one of the drives > and back it up. I'd then use the other drive to backup my other > computer. When I wasn't backing up the computers, the drives would be > disconnected from the case. Any reason this would not work? Kinda like the iPod I described above :-) Plus you can carry it with you and listen to music, store your addresses, keep track of your calendar events, store work in it when working at home, etc. But still I would prefer to backup stuff I want to keep to CD/DVD media. CD/DVD media have no moving parts to fail, no bearing grease to freeze, normally survive when dropped, and easier to store safely and forget about. Peace :-) - Les -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
