On Saturday 02 August 2008 14:49:41 L. V. Lammert wrote: > On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, Rod Whitworth wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:46:20 -0500 (CDT), L. V. Lammert wrote: > > >DVDs are, believe it or not, not as reliable as a HD! > > > > Sez who? > > Sez me - although most of the problem I've seen are DVRW - totally > worthless (at least in Sue's recorder)!! We have tried three different > brands, and about 24 disks - NONE of them can be rewritten.
Your problem is trusting a DVD-RW's in the first place. Don't do that. If the data is important, its worth the 45 cents or so for a good DVD like Taiyo Yuden. > > > I've dropped a pile of DVDs and never lost a bit and I've seen more HD > > failures than I can poke a stick at, and those were not failures due to > > trauma. > > DVDs might be bettter than DVRW, .. > > > I use DVD-RAM cartridges to do backups. Those disks are rated at 100K > > cycles rewrite life. > > Where do you get DVD-RAM disks?d I'd LOVE to have a couple more. > > > Carrying HDDs off-site is an adventure I don't encourage for backup. > > MUCH nicer for 100GB, however. > > Lee --STeve Andre'
