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On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:19:01 -0400, notyet@here.now wrote:
>I don't know how many TB's of stuff you have, but these portable USB
>drives keep getting cheaper and bigger, while burning and storing
>disks, even blurays, has serious labor and logistical costs... if a 4
>TB drive is about $125, what is the cost of 4 TB of blu-ray blanks,
>and how many hours of labour to burn 4tb? Not to mention all that
>weight and bulk.
>
>Anyhow, whatever works for you, we all appreciate the posts. :)
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I see your point FOR portable USB drives against DVD/Blu-Ray Back-Up.
I have just gone through losing loads of data when backing up my old
DVD's to Blu-Ray... I had a LOT of read errors from the DVD's that my
archives where on... not forgetting that a single series of a set
might be spread over maybe 4 archive DVD's ! This means that a single
DVD fail could result in losing a BIG series that isnt out there
anymore.
coasters and so... gave up on burning anything for quite a while.
I am now coming around to the idea of backing up to portable USB
drives, or even plain hard drives that I can 'swap out' inside the PC,
but like I said earlier... I would have to have a back-up of the
back-ups. (my choice, but would make me feel better about it).
Storage Weight, Cost, Bulk !
Weight... not an issue, Bulk... portable USB HDD's would save on the
area taken up by back-ups.
Not to mention that a 1TB hard drive can be plugged in and ALL the
contents are then instantly available, instead of copying each
DVD/Blu-Ray back to the hard drive in the PC ONE-BY-ONE... Which takes
Hours !
I think I have been converted to your way of thinking (as long as I
have a back-up of my back-up) :)
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