On Saturday 02 August 2008 14:49:41 L. V. Lammert wrote:

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> On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, Rod Whitworth wrote:

> > On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:46:20 -0500 (CDT), L. V. Lammert wrote:

> > >DVDs are, believe it or not, not as reliable as a HD!

> >

> > Sez who?

>

> Sez me - although most of the problem I've seen are DVRW - totally

> worthless (at least in Sue's recorder)!! We have tried three different

> brands, and about 24 disks - NONE of them can be rewritten.

Your problem is trusting a DVD-RW's in the first place.  Don't do that.

If the data is important, its worth the 45 cents or so for a good DVD

like Taiyo Yuden.
>

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> > I've dropped a pile of DVDs and never lost a bit and I've seen more HD

> > failures than I can poke a stick at, and those were not failures due to

> > trauma.

>

> DVDs might be bettter than DVRW, ..

>

> > I use DVD-RAM cartridges to do backups. Those disks are rated at 100K

> > cycles rewrite life.

>

> Where do you get DVD-RAM disks?d I'd LOVE to have a couple more.

>

> > Carrying HDDs off-site is an adventure I don't encourage for backup.

>

> MUCH nicer for 100GB, however.

>

> 	Lee

--STeve Andre'