On Nov 6, 2005, at 7:10 AM, Stuart Ungar wrote: > I am wondering what the best way to back up my system > is. I have a mac mini and have about 10,000 photos > and some iTunes songs I would want backed up. For > some reason, my DVD burner that is built in is not > working for backing up the data. Any thoughts about > an external hard drive (which ones are good and at > what price)? Or, can I buy one of those cool new 5th > gen iPods to use as back up??? Or, do they compress > the files further? > > Thoughts, experience appreciated! > > Stuart > > PS- THe storm last night made me think about this as > more of an urgent matter. No computer problems, but > you never know when that will happen!
Stuart, First, have your int. DVD checked/serviced (still under warranty?). Why isn't it working to duplicate your files? Having a working DVD burner would seem to be the simplest option for you just for backing up lots of pictures and songs. To answer your question, my personal choice for a backup device is an ext. F/W drive [from LaCie]; it is a dependable name, and a bootable disk drive doubles as a fully functional drive when needed, but there are lots of options to choose from, including tape drives for simple backup. From my point of view, however much disk space a person has, over time, is never enough! And of course, spendable income is always involved. Got your Mac products catalog handy? If not, try macmall or macwarehouse, just to name a couple of sites, and do some price and product comparisons for your needs. Regards, Russ Preston | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
