Phil wrote:
> I was led to believe that the safest method of storage for my images was CD.
> The theory was that any form of magnetic storage (HD) would be less
> relaible.
> Having just read a thread on DP review, many are claiming the oposite and
> that a separate Hard drive is there preferred method and CD's are unreliable
This was a topic of discussion on the list a month or two ago. If
you click on the zuikoholics link at the bottom of this email, you
should be taken to a site on which you can search for the term
"backup". The results will contain several list members' thoughts on
the topic.
CDs have been around long enough now to make it apparent that some
materials and manufacturing approaches are better than others. Even
the best CDs, however, have not been around as long as hard drives,
which simply are getting more reliable every year.
Right now I'm backing up onto name-brand CDs. I'm in the middle of
rethinking the storage strategy for my home network, which will
include a digital music library as well as both storage and working
room for digital images. With speed, capacity, and budget
limitations to each alternative, it's been far from a no-brainer for
me. :-(
Steve
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