What I do for fast, reliable, cheap backup is mount hard drives in removable carriers.
-- Rod http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ On Tuesday 01 January 2002 11:15 am, Henry House wrote: > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 09:31:50AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > i'm sure someone here keeps track of this stuff... > > > > what's some really high-quality floppy disks brands? i'd be > > willing to pay unreasonable prices just as long as they're > > reliable. > > > > i'm sick and tired of floppy disks dying on me. what's the best > > brands to get? > > I would not use any type of removable winchester storage for data > too valuble to lose. That goes for floppies, zip cartriges, and > anything else that contains a rotating, flexible platter. By their > very nature these devices are mechanically unreliable. If you want > reliability, use tapes or CD-RW (which is actually pretty cheap > now). > > Failing that, I suggest you find the most expensive type available > and go with that. Also, I would avoid any product made by Verbatim. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
