Beware when buying a hard drive for back up storage. I know they are generally reliable but some makes/models are less so than others . A trawl through Hard drive sites will give you details like mean time between failures and recommend drives suitable for servers etc The slower drives do have a longer life according to the manufacturers figure. Removable drives are our chosen "archive Solution" effective fast and cheap.
Regards Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Rd, Ketley, Telford, Shropshire. England .TF1 5DJ 44 (0) 1952 618986. www.infocus-photography.co.uk For transparencies from digital files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:14 PM Subject: RE: [PRODIG] CD copy > >I have hundreds of CD's that I need to make copies of to protect myself > better so I can have an extra set of all my backup image CD's stored at > another location... > > Hi Chris, > > Just an idea, but have you thought of backing up your data to removable > hard drives? You don't need a high performance one, just a decent Maxtor > or equivalent 5,400 RPM drive (7,200 RPM drives would be over-kill). > They now come in 120GB+ flavours, equating to hundreds of CDs, for > really only a few bucks. And heck, could could stick one hard drive in a > safe at the bank instead of a closet full of CDs. > > http://www.maxtor.com/en/products/ata/desktop/diamondmax_16/index.htm > > You can get the rails for them with the handle to pull out. I'd be happy > to tell you more off-list. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
