Anyone who is using DVD's for burning data for backup needs to read this site: http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
Some of the DVDs out there are pure garbage, and some are excellent. And to make matters worse, the quality of the DVDs from any manufacturer varies over time. For example Verbatim use to be one of the best brands, then about a year or two ago they put their label on garbage CMC disks. Their reputation and sales dropped like flies, and they have since switched back to using Mit and TY, which are top tier. Backing up to bad media is worse than not backing up at all since you think you are protected but aren't. Right now I have had the best success with Verbatim and Sony. I use to use Fuji, but they started using some lower quality products and I started encountering high failure rates. Maxwells use to be the best as recently as 3 or 4 mohts ago, but they have started using CMC, and the last platter I got from them was pure garbage, about 30% failure rate. The best one have between 0 and maybe 5% failure rate. Marshall [email protected] wrote: > Ruth, > I archive a great deal of info by burning to DVD's. > I buy them by tne hundred on spindles. > I'm really lazy, so instead of going out to a big box store locally, I > prefer to order them via internet and have them shipped to my door. > I usually use www.newegg.com as they are very quick to respond and I > find their prices to be excellent. > Wallmarts, and office supply stores all carry them at good prices. > Available in spindles of 25,50 and100 they average around a quarter > apiece. > > Chuck > The problem with depending on government is that you can't depend on > it > > On 10/3/2006 11:09:57 AM, ruth strackbein ([email protected]) > wrote: > > What type of > > CD's can you buy 3 for a dollar? Where can you purchase them? > > Ruth > > > > From Ruth Strackbein > > > > > > >From: [email protected] > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: CS>Data Storage, File Size, Excessively Quoted Text > > >Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:57:04 -0400 > > > > > >Get a bigger hard drive, they're > > pretty cheap now. > > > > > >Burn your archives to CD's or DVD's. They cost about 3 for a buck now. > > > > > >The mess > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
