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Backups of Media? How do you handle it?
QlShdR:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on May 11, 2011, 04:38:04 PM ---If you're not willing to take some small chances to save hundreds of euros, well that's your choice. But don't say there isn't a viable solution to your small income, because there is.
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But the price is still too high, that's what you don't understand...If I'd earn ~800-1000 EUR average, like in many country in the Eruopean Union, then it wouldn't matter.
Freedom Kira:
I think that was the point of buying online, was it not? I fully understand, hence my last sentence. Save as much money as you can because of low income and high prices. At least look at the alternative - many things electronic can be found online for less than in stores, and even less if they're used items.
But hey, if you have a cheap, readily available source of BD-DL discs, go for it. Be warned, though, that optical discs can become unreadable over time, depending on how they were manufactured.
QlShdR:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on May 11, 2011, 09:05:20 PM ---I think that was the point of buying online, was it not? I fully understand, hence my last sentence. Save as much money as you can because of low income and high prices. At least look at the alternative - many things electronic can be found online for less than in stores, and even less if they're used items.
But hey, if you have a cheap, readily available source of BD-DL discs, go for it. Be warned, though, that optical discs can become unreadable over time, depending on how they were manufactured.
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Nothing else can be done. For now.
(I bought several items via net, but it was all inland deliveries. Except one, but that stuff came from the neighbourhood. )
That's why you should rewrite your discs in ~5 years period (but I have discs 12-13 years old -mostly Philips and TDK CDs- working just fine, though they're not BDs).
Perhaps JVC™ (made in Japan) will suffice. ;D
tomoya-kun:
Recently started using BD disks, they are actually suprisingly good. Hold alot of data!
Lupin:
I only backup documents. The backups are in encrypted archives (with recovery records) and saved on some gmail account.
As for other files, I simply store them some drives and disconnect them when not in use. I'm more worried about data corruption than drive failure.
I am planning to buy a BD Writer when it becomes available in my country. I won't be using BD for backup though. Disc design makes it non-ideal for backups
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