On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 at 21:10:50, Darren Branagh
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>Dilwyn and Malcolm wrote:-
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>> >Backups made, but on CDR. I created the website in c:\website on my
>> >hard drive, so I just copy that dircetory and sub-directories in one
>> >go in my CDR software and a few minutes later one backup much quicker
>> >than to my zipdrive and much cheaper too!!!
>>
>>Nice work :-)
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>I'm also a firm believer in the CD-R backup system - dirt cheap way of
>backing stuff up, and lightning fast too. I can backup 650Mb of Data in
>about half an hour, and the best part is, thanks to Jochen's cheap CD-R's,
>it costs about 40p a go.. 40p for 650Mb of storage space!!
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>I bought my CD-R initally as a business purchase to aid Q-Celt in the making
>of QDOS CD's. However, it is a great piece of backup equipment too... When
>the damn thing works proberly, as Dilwyn will tell you. His works fine, but
>mine is always giving problems.
Ditto. I bought an HP 7200 two years ago. In 18 months they replaced
it 7 times! I eventually said I wanted a newer replacement model, so
they sent a brand new 8200 for free and it works perfectly.
I still have the 7200 which I use as read only (8-)#
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>I'd advise anyone to pick up a CD ReWriter as a Xmas present to themselves -
>better than Zip disks, SyQuests, Superdisks, the lot.
... but not too cheap a one.
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