In a message dated 1/2/2006 1:51:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think you have to consider the potential volume of loss, these days a catastrophic drive failure could loose you 500GB of data with no chance of recovery whereas at worst you will loose 4.7GB of data per DVD. There is far less to go wrong with a DVD than a drive, a well authored disc should be readable in any DVD compatible player, they are difficult to physically damage and if used for back-up the more paranoid can inexpensively create several copies to distribute around the planet.
Rob Studdert ======= Okay. Only they aren't hard to break. But how much data is lost per thing is a good pt. BOTH is probably the best answer. Marnie aka Doe
