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Old Jun 30, 2005, 09:58 AM   #1 (permalink)
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What do you use for data backup?

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Old Jun 30, 2005, 10:03 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I got a DVD_RW drive. Don't have any blank media though
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 10:05 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 10:20 AM   #4 (permalink)
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ive got a 2nd computer here that my family uses. almost nothing gets installed to it, and its got a 100gig HD on it so i just transfer everything to that.
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 10:34 AM   #5 (permalink)
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i use a DVD burner and 2 200gb and a 160gb maxtor DM 10 HD for backup
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 11:09 AM   #6 (permalink)
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at the moment just a DVD-Writer till i get another HD.
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 11:27 AM   #7 (permalink)
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short term: copy to second IDE harddrive
long term: burn to DVD

for serial #s, policy #s, etc for insurance/warranties I send an e-mail to myself -- that way if my house burns down its stored offsite. i may have lost the paper copies, but at least i have a record of the unique identifiers.
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 11:30 AM   #8 (permalink)
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anything i can use......DVD, CD, HDD, flash drive, etc.
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 11:41 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I use a 250 gig Firewire HD... But I never need anything that badly that I burn them on DVD!
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 12:47 PM   #10 (permalink)
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External Seagate 160G Firewire/USB hard drive, about once every month...
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 12:52 PM   #11 (permalink)
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CD, getting a DVD soon though..
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 01:03 PM   #12 (permalink)
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CD, I should get a DVD-writer but im waiting for next gen (i had DVD already thou)
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 01:16 PM   #13 (permalink)
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i used my dads external maxtor disk 120 gb for backups and stuff and to store stuff but it crashed, the only thing it does now is beeping so im f*cked =P
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 01:26 PM   #14 (permalink)
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dvd drive for sure i used to have a cd drive and it would take soooo long and id have like 20 different cd's and now i can use 1 or 2 dvd's to backup all the stuff that i need
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Old Jun 30, 2005, 01:29 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I use a combination of a second Hard Drive with a CD writer drive, I shall upgrade to a DVD recorder when needs be, until then Im happy
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