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["Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Oe6,
Do you have a first name<G>

I use hard drives for backup.
I get used hard drives very cheap from the local shop I support.
Yes I spent a lot of money their over the years.

I install the hard drives and then clone my C drive to it, and remove it for
backup.
I have also added an external USB2 hard drive and backup 3 computers to it.
  
I recommend the DVDrw over a CDrw then use the money you save to get DVD
burning software.
I think you can get a new DRDRW\CDRW\ multi format for around $120
Most come with burning software bundled with them.

<http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=11487&vpn=GSA-4082B%20&manufactur
e=LG%20Electronics>
LG GSA-4082B 8X4X12 DVD+-R/RW/RAM 24X16X32 CDRW BLACK OEM W/ SW
    
Price:   $108.39 CAD 

OPTODISC DVD-R 4X 4.7GB 25 DISC SPINDLE  OP-DVD-R4X-25 $28.87 

I use EZCD\DVD burning program.

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On 08/07/2004 at 10:54 PM 0e60wq102@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I can only spend just so much, and I need some kind of data backup ability.
I found an older Toshiba 2x dvd-burner that only does dvd-r and dvd-rw, and
various types of cd, but because it is older and lower priced at $44, it
comes without any software.

Or I could go instead for a new cd-burner that comes with some Nero
software for about the same price. 

Then there's the cost of a dvd vs cd disk, and the cost of disk cases,
against the storage ability of 650 or 700 megs for a cd vs about 4 gigs for
a dvd.

Just looking for suggestions which to pick, or is there a better choice out
there?



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