In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tony Firshman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 at 21:10:50, Darren Branagh
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>(Ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
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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!!
>>
>>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-)#
>>
>>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.
This seems to be the debate ... which are reliable as read and write,
and which are more reliable as read only.
Usually the higher priced ones would be expected to be better, yet I
guess that is not always the case.
--
Malcolm Cadman
