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Optical drives becoming obsolete?
zzzYuyu:
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--- Quote from: zzzYuyu on June 25, 2012, 11:39:59 PM ---I need a DVD drive to install chipset drivers after a fresh install of Windows. And nope, can't download the drivers because the LAN port won't work before you install the drivers from the DVD.
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You could make a customized Windows installation DVD/USB/whatever with the drivers already added :]
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Would still need a DVD drive to have the drivers at hand first (As well as the Windows installation files, I think?). Of course I could remove it afterwards if I were to store the installation on a USB device.
lapa321:
--- Quote from: kamuixtv99 on June 26, 2012, 06:03:05 AM ---Another thing. There was a topic here in bbt on how do you store your downloads. I was amazed that some people here use HDDs and not optical media. You can't do that now, the warranty period before was 5 years and now it's only 2 years plus HDDs today are getting inferior they break in a matter of time. Maybe it's easy to replace for a new one but the trouble is not worth.
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I had atleast 20 pudding cases (50CD capacity), dumped them when i moved to DVD's
Currently have 32 pudding cases (50DVD capacity, usually filled with 52). That's about 6 terabytes worth of data. I made a program that catalogues every file, so you can ask for any obscure filename or anime series, and i'll have the physical DVD containing it in under 2 minutes. I did say that aside from my archives, i barely used the DVD drive. But 99.9% of my use *IS* accessing my archives ;D Not reallysure if i should have emphasized that before since i'm not sure just how many people use their dvd drives for archiving.
Since last year tho, i've started moving to harddrives, a 2TB harddrive is equivalent to 8 pudding cases. That's a pretty big space saver. If it wasn't for the floods i had been planning on getting more 2TB's and moving the DVDs into them :'( Unless the harddrive prices lower, i may end up going back to DVD's.
@zzzYuyu
Actually, i've done a lot of installations (especially when putting pc's together en masse for companies), and Win7 legacy drivers work fine. Atleast good enough to get the PC fully running and connecting to the internet to get the updates. With the LAN/Wifi up and running, i can simply copy additional installers and drivers off a main server if need be. The only critical thing is to get that network card running.
zzzYuyu:
--- Quote from: lapa321 on June 26, 2012, 07:02:43 AM ---@zzzYuyu
Actually, i've done a lot of installations (especially when putting pc's together en masse for companies), and Win7 legacy drivers work fine. Atleast good enough to get the PC fully running and connecting to the internet to get the updates. With the LAN/Wifi up and running, i can simply copy additional installers and drivers off a main server if need be. The only critical thing is to get that network card running.
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There are no real legacy drivers for my motherboard since the motherboard is 2 years newer than Windows 7 itself.
vuzedome:
You don't call them legacy, they're generic.
rostheferret:
--- Quote from: kamuixtv99 on June 26, 2012, 06:03:05 AM ---Another thing. There was a topic here in bbt on how do you store your downloads. I was amazed that some people here use HDDs and not optical media. You can't do that now, the warranty period before was 5 years and now it's only 2 years plus HDDs today are getting inferior they break in a matter of time. Maybe it's easy to replace for a new one but the trouble is not worth.
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I used DVDs once. About 3 years on half of them refuse to work and need replacing. I'll definitely take HDDs over Optical media, it's quicker and easier to backup, smaller (physically), easier to notice when they 'expire,' and honestly, £100 for a 2TB HDD isn't a huge amount for all that convenience.
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