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ON-OFF Topic: backup to CD
About a year ago I was given 3 blank CDs to replace 3 I had lent. I
normally use Memorex but the ones I was given were Dollar Store specials by the name of Rymex. I used one of them to back up several Excel spreadsheets of stamp collections and an Access database of a music collection. The other two I used for backup of translated documents. Fortunately I have all that data on an external harddrive and on an off-site server. I say fortunately because in little more than a year those 3 Dollar Store CDs have bronzed and neither one of my computers or my external CD reader will access them. I took them to an acquaintance at Future Shop and he tried them on half a dozen different computers and NOTHING. For me, a good lesson to learn: you get what you pay for. Luckily nothing has been lost. Some of my Memorex (and Sony which I used to use prior to Memorex) are 8, 9, 10 years old and still in perfect shape. I know I'm not the only one who backs up to CDs and thought this might be of general interest. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- http://www.amedialuz.ca/ |
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Sage advice Tony,
I use 2 x $99 external harddrives 1 stored in the house the other, the shed, and use them altenately to Back up every 2 months. An example how a life's hobby can be lost in an instant. March 1984 http://cjoint.com/data/bgeDLgQWms.htm acknowledgement "philately from Australia Sept 1984" "Tony Vella" wrote in message ... About a year ago I was given 3 blank CDs to replace 3 I had lent. I normally use Memorex but the ones I was given were Dollar Store specials by the name of Rymex. I used one of them to back up several Excel spreadsheets of stamp collections and an Access database of a music collection. The other two I used for backup of translated documents. Fortunately I have all that data on an external harddrive and on an off-site server. I say fortunately because in little more than a year those 3 Dollar Store CDs have bronzed and neither one of my computers or my external CD reader will access them. I took them to an acquaintance at Future Shop and he tried them on half a dozen different computers and NOTHING. For me, a good lesson to learn: you get what you pay for. Luckily nothing has been lost. Some of my Memorex (and Sony which I used to use prior to Memorex) are 8, 9, 10 years old and still in perfect shape. I know I'm not the only one who backs up to CDs and thought this might be of general interest. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- http://www.amedialuz.ca/ |
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Available:
Audio gadget locators http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/search/key+locator The easiest and cheapest way is attach it to a large cardboard tag. I have mine attached to "Cat-Dog" a cuddly toy. I reckon using a thumb drive as a backup source is frought with danger. If a user trys to open a file from the thumb drive, you can corrupt the drive in a flash. Be warned. "Ralphael1" I've already lost one and I couldn't figure out where. They should have a mean to locate them, for example acoustically :-) Victor Manta The lanyard does help me keep tabs on my thumb drive, even if it is not around my neck. Ralph |
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Not bad as idea!
Just a bit too expensive ($60) for using with a memory thumb, and I haven't found out yet how to locate the transmitter itself :-) -- Victor "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote in message ... Available: Audio gadget locators http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/search/key+locator The easiest and cheapest way is attach it to a large cardboard tag. I have mine attached to "Cat-Dog" a cuddly toy. I reckon using a thumb drive as a backup source is frought with danger. If a user trys to open a file from the thumb drive, you can corrupt the drive in a flash. Be warned. "Ralphael1" I've already lost one and I couldn't figure out where. They should have a mean to locate them, for example acoustically :-) Victor Manta The lanyard does help me keep tabs on my thumb drive, even if it is not around my neck. Ralph |
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On Jan 6, 8:43*pm, "Victor Manta" wrote:
"Ralphael1" wrote in message ... On Jan 6, 12:07 am, "Victor Manta" wrote: "Tony Vella" wrote in message m... About a year ago I was given 3 blank CDs to replace 3 I had lent. I normally use Memorex but the ones I was given were Dollar Store specials by the name of Rymex. I used one of them to back up several Excel spreadsheets of stamp collections and an Access database of a music collection. The other two I used for backup of translated documents. Fortunately I have all that data on an external harddrive and on an off-site server. On Dropbox one can store, sync and share for free 2GB of data. https://www.dropbox.com/tour 2 GB is for example more than sufficient to store all my websites and their amplification for the predicable future. Personally I prefer the thumb drives as data storage. Ralph I've already lost one and I couldn't figure out where. They should have a mean to locate them, for example acoustically :-) -- Victor Manta I know... (1) Attach thumb drive to your dog's collar. (2) Whistle. (3) It will come to you. LOL Blair |
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ON-OFF Topic: backup to CD
On Jan 7, 1:16*pm, "Victor Manta" wrote:
Not bad as idea! Just a bit too expensive ($60) for using with a memory thumb, and I haven't found out yet how to locate the transmitter itself :-) -- Victor "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote in message ... Available: Audio gadget locators http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/search/key+locator The easiest and cheapest way is attach it to a large cardboard tag. I have mine attached to "Cat-Dog" a cuddly toy. I reckon using a thumb drive as a backup source is frought with danger. If a user trys to open a file from the thumb drive, you can corrupt the drive in a flash. Be warned. "Ralphael1" I've already lost one and I couldn't figure out where. They should have a mean to locate them, for example acoustically :-) Victor Manta The lanyard does help me keep tabs on my thumb drive, even if it is not around my neck. Ralph- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - $60 for a thumb drive??? What are you looking at a 320GB model or a platinum plated one? I just bought a 4GB on sale for $12. Ralph |
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"Victor Manta" It is the audio gadget that costs $60, and therefore it is to expensive for securing a thumb drive. An error in perspective? It is not the thumbdrive that holds the value, but the information therein. rodney |
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"rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote in message
... "Victor Manta" It is the audio gadget that costs $60, and therefore it is to expensive for securing a thumb drive. An error in perspective? It is not the thumbdrive that holds the value, but the information therein. rodney One gets cheaper a second (and more) backup thumb drive. -- Victor |
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True, lets hope the second is not misplaced "Victor Manta" wrote in message ... "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote in message ... "Victor Manta" It is the audio gadget that costs $60, and therefore it is to expensive for securing a thumb drive. An error in perspective? It is not the thumbdrive that holds the value, but the information therein. rodney One gets cheaper a second (and more) backup thumb drive. -- Victor |
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On Jan 7, 6:32*pm, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
Ralphael1 found these unused words: On Jan 7, 1:16*pm, "Victor Manta" wrote: Not bad as idea! Just a bit too expensive ($60) for using with a memory thumb, and I haven't found out yet how to locate the transmitter itself :-) -- Victor "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote in message ... Available: Audio gadget locators http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/search/key+locator The easiest and cheapest way is attach it to a large cardboard tag. I have mine attached to "Cat-Dog" a cuddly toy. I reckon using a thumb drive as a backup source is frought with danger. If a user trys to open a file from the thumb drive, you can corrupt the drive in a flash. Be warned. "Ralphael1" I've already lost one and I couldn't figure out where. They should have a mean to locate them, for example acoustically :-) Victor Manta The lanyard does help me keep tabs on my thumb drive, even if it is not around my neck. Ralph- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - $60 for a thumb drive??? What are you looking at a 320GB model or a platinum plated one? I just bought a 4GB on sale for $12. Ralph Probably the "IronBox", ne that's supposed to be completely protected and indestructable. Yeah, and swamp land in Floriduh ...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My pet alligator swallowed my first thumb drive. G Ralph |
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