On Nov 27, 2007 1:45 PM, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: > > Dave Stevens wrote: > >> your thought? tests? reviews? > >> > > Since you ask, my current choice is DVD, using the dvdisaster system of > > software assisted error recovery. Nothing is perfect, but a verified DVD > > with software error recovery assist and good storage procedures is about > > is cost effective as anything you would get on a flash drive, and a hell > > of a lot less likely to be accidentally overwritten. > > > > *Note*: unless a copy is stored off-site, it's not a backup it's an > > archive. Think fire, flood, theft, untrusted employee, idiot relative, etc. > > > > For archival, DVD is cost effective. Flash drives are not. > > I have just had my second flash drive fail on me. I was lucky enough to > be able to mount it on one computer and only one port on that computer > would allow it to be mounted. > > I wouldn't trust any flash drive at this time. > > I would purchase a HD and use that. Of course, hard drives will fail if > they are not run up regularly. > > My preferred method is to create the backup and then create par2 files > for recovery. > > -- > Robin Laing Use DVD-R or DVD+R media. I would not recommend using DVD+WR media. You're supposed to be able to use DVD+WR as a DVD-ROM. Well, long story short, a DVD-ROM disc created on DVD+RW media 6 months ago is totally unreadable. I tried reading the data using 4 different drives. None of the drives could detect that media was in the drive. There is probably something wrong with the burner I'm using. It is also causing 4X CD-RW media to become coasters after an erasing operation.
