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nstgc:
--- Quote from: Soryon on May 21, 2010, 04:51:51 PM ---
--- Quote from: nstgc on May 21, 2010, 04:24:49 PM ---I'd use a hard drive. The $/GB ration is more favorable. Use DVDs to story parity data and than put paraity data for the DVD on a drive different from the one the DVD is backing up.
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well thats good and well if you just want somewhere to keep your files, but the bonus in using discs is you can take them to a friends house, load them onto another pc or watch them on a TV (dependent on the format) or you can loan out a disc, you cant loan out an entire hard drive quite as simply as a DVD disc...So thats why I keep most of my stuff on a DVD *aswell* as my computer.
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You can buy a USB flash drive for transportation and it would still be cheaper. Or you could buy a portable hard drive. In either case its still cheaper.
Soryon:
--- Quote from: nstgc on May 21, 2010, 06:19:21 PM ---
--- Quote from: Soryon on May 21, 2010, 04:51:51 PM ---
--- Quote from: nstgc on May 21, 2010, 04:24:49 PM ---I'd use a hard drive. The $/GB ration is more favorable. Use DVDs to story parity data and than put paraity data for the DVD on a drive different from the one the DVD is backing up.
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well thats good and well if you just want somewhere to keep your files, but the bonus in using discs is you can take them to a friends house, load them onto another pc or watch them on a TV (dependent on the format) or you can loan out a disc, you cant loan out an entire hard drive quite as simply as a DVD disc...So thats why I keep most of my stuff on a DVD *aswell* as my computer.
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You can buy a USB flash drive for transportation and it would still be cheaper. Or you could buy a portable hard drive. In either case its still cheaper.
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then your over doing it for the point i meant to make, u dont need a flash drive when u can generally get a full series on one 25cent disc, there are of course better methods if you wanna mass store ur files, but im talking about organizing per show. also, OP is asking for *DVDs not other stuff so....
nstgc:
"seems my HDD is losing free space.. "
Yes, and the issue seems to be a lack of space. I'm saying that its a bad idea to try to store your data on DVDs now. They are more expensive than HDD, and less reliable.
theprophet:
Gotta agree that getting another Hard drive would be more cost efficient and get you more space! However I suggest getting an external enclosure so that you can make the hard drive an external and take it too and from like the other side of the arguement then you have space AND portability. Newegg.com usually has great deals on either Hdds and enclosures OR already external HDDs. Het a 1TB for around $100. Hell I bought a 2TB hdd for $109 this morning.
However if you are going to get DVD-Rs anyhow I recommend Maxells they are cheap and I have never had a problem with them, and they are cheap. $25 for a 100pack, hit up Wal-Mart.com and site to store it for free. Like other people cautioned though, burn at a low speed no matter what you get to ensure a nice copy of the data. I use a burn utility that verifies the data burned as good before it's done.
Hope this helped
Xtras:
You asked what software is recommended so I'll add in my personal preference.
ImgBurn
It usually works very quickly and efficiently and I myself have never had it disappoint or deliver unexpected results. Incredibly user friendly as well.
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