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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Very OT: Archival storage of backup CDs/DVDs

2007-12-19 by Mark Savoia

My only question is were we all this religious with our negs? How many  
of us did the "archival thing" years ago? Is this overkill? Just  
curious - be honest.
Mark

On Dec 18, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Kip Babington wrote:

> I'm considering doing that once I run out of my current supply of gold
> CDs.  But now I can burn 2 disks, and put one in another house for  
> added
> security.  That would be a lot less convenient than managing a pair of
> large disks, not to mention whatever risk there is in moving one of
> those disks from place to place.
>
> Cheers,
> Kip
>
> brouwerkent wrote:
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> I have made the decision that hard drives have become so inexpensive
>> that for backup...just
>> buy a drive...and turn it off and set it aside. Cheap , faster...and
>> unless I am mistaken...just
>> as archival. I bought a 500 gig recently in California for 75
>> bucks...cheap enough to set on
>> the shelf as backup solution.
>>
>> ___
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