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<blockquote data-quote="Brusader" data-source="post: 111440" data-attributes="member: 12347">From a very recent experience with photo storage, I'm still hooked on burning the files to DVDs.I've dropped a few CDs/DVDs and they still work.&nbsp; Can't say that for many HDDs. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />The bonus is that any computers with an optical drive can still read the disks so I don't have to worry about USB caddies etc.I've still got the first backup CD I ever burned from 1998 and it reads great.Back then I had a 2x speed SCSI burner in which you had to put the CD into a caddie and then the caddie into the drive.That and you had to turn off all other programs and screen savers so you didn't get buffer under-runs. Yeah, don't miss those buffer under-run errors... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />*I've been a computer tech for way to long to trust spindle drives.&nbsp; I've had a few USB flash drives which have failed and you can't read anything from them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brusader, post: 111440, member: 12347"] From a very recent experience with photo storage, I'm still hooked on burning the files to DVDs. I've dropped a few CDs/DVDs and they still work. Can't say that for many HDDs. :( The bonus is that any computers with an optical drive can still read the disks so I don't have to worry about USB caddies etc. I've still got the first backup CD I ever burned from 1998 and it reads great. Back then I had a 2x speed SCSI burner in which you had to put the CD into a caddie and then the caddie into the drive. That and you had to turn off all other programs and screen savers so you didn't get buffer under-runs. Yeah, don't miss those buffer under-run errors... :( *I've been a computer tech for way to long to trust spindle drives. I've had a few USB flash drives which have failed and you can't read anything from them. [/QUOTE]

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