My setup is similar with one exception. I copy the files to the first harddisc and the contents of this harddisc are synchronized daily with dirsync to the second backup drive. http://www.archersoft.com (it's only $ 24.95 and works perfectly).
Toine On 4/22/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do yourself a huge favor: > > - Buy a pair of Seagate 500Gbyte external drives. I was at Fry's just > yesterday ... in USB 2.0 only enclosures, these drives would cost > $119 apiece; USB2/FireWire 400 enclosures and the price goes up to > $190 right now. > > - Move all the data from the CDs/DVDs to one of the drives. > > - Copy the entire drive to the other. > > - Backup new data, as you generate it, to both drives. > > - Dismount, disconnect, and unplug the drives when not in use for > backup. > > When they become outdated by 1Terabyte drives at the same price, buy > another pair and move the data to them. > etc > > It's the most efficient, easily maintained, reliable backup/archive > system available today. You can get some low-cost backup software > that will make doing this job fast, easy, consistent and efficient. I > do this myself, have been for five years now. It works flawlessly and > is FAR easier to maintain than mountains of CDs and DVDs. And it's > fast enough to actually be useful. > > Godfrey > > > On Apr 21, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: > > > One of the things that was kicked around with the advent of digital > > was > > the need to move data from one storage medium to another as they > > become obsolete. > > > > A couple of days ago ago I decided to move the data off 69 CD's, which > > held the "best" of my *ist-D shots for the first few months I had it, > > before getting a DVD burner. > > > > I have to say - it was more of a hassle than I expected. I have a > > spare > > computer here and just fed it the CD's as I was working on the main > > PC. > > The CD's were about 5 years old and none of them were bad - but some > > read fairly slowly, sometimes taking up to 15 minutes to copy onto the > > hard drive, vs 3 to 5 minutes for most. A couple failed with CRC > > errors > > on the first attempt, but then copied successfully after taking > > them out > > and wiping them with a lens cleaning cloth. > > > > Now I have 42 gigs of files to burn onto a few DVD's. > > > > My main motivation for doing this was to make it easier to find some > > images - these CD's had the original PEF's plus 16 bit final TIFF's on > > them, and the files came together in a way that left room for only > > 5 or > > 6 images per CD, with a fair amount of wasted space on each disk. > > > > Over all though, it took hours to copy these files. Since it was a > > background task on a machine that I just use for scanning and > > streaming > > NPR, it wasn't a major problem. But I have roughly 700 more CD's that > > someday will have to be moved - if not onto DVD's then onto some > > future > > media. > > > > The thought of that makes me shudder... > > > > - MCC > > > > -- > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Mark Cassino Photography > > Kalamazoo, Michigan > > www.markcassino.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
