In a message dated 1/2/2006 8:37:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: An external hard drive is, imo, an excellent choice for backing up your work. And they are pretty affordable these days compared to even a year ago. However, it might still be nice to have some things on DVD. When I get a few extra $$, I'll be opting for a large capacity external hard drive.
Shel ======== Well, both -- DVDs and external HD. So LaCrie is NOT the most expensive? Okay. You know people used to consider tape backups the most secure. Because even if the tape got all wound up it still existed as a tape. (And one could be careful not to get it all wound up.) They used to sell tape backups for personal computers too. Of course, eventually HDs got so large, that tape backups for the whole drive got problematical. I am not aware that people really do tape backups for personal computers anymore. But it got me thinking. Negatives, if cared for, can last for a long, long time. That is a form of tape/film, right? OTOH, old movies on film are disintegrating. I wonder what type of celluloid or whatever negatives were? What type tapes in tape back ups were? What type movies were? Maybe digital backups will actually last longer. Although there is a problem that computers will change and maybe older HDs and DVDs will not unreadable by newer computers. Then, eventually, I suppose some company will be in the business of getting pictures off older DVDs and HDs. So maybe in the long run it will be more secure. Marnie aka Doe Just wondering...
