I burned DVDs all through my trip but I won't do it again. Too
expensive, fussy and time consuming. I'd have been much better off with
an 80GB 2-1/2" USB drive. I would download from the cards to the hard
drive on the laptop. Then copy to the external USB drive. Finally, I
wouldn't re-use cards until necessary which would have given 3 copies
for 80% of the iamges. That reminds me I still need to buy that 80GB
2-1/2" drive.
Chuck Norcutt
usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> So is saving the CF/SD cards as digital film a viable back-up strategy?
> If the data is as secure as burning a DVD, would be rather convenient,
> though with a price penalty. Perhaps CF/SD card--HD, HD backup is
> sufficient.
> IIRC, manufactuer data sheets have claimed data good for 10 years.
> Shouldn't the data rot bit by bit with ECC codes to help compensate?
> Perhaps a really good quality DVD ( or Blu-ray) is better on second
> thought. Others must have thought this through.
> Mike
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> Not arguing here for or against either, just that CF cards aren't
> necessarily the cheapest solution.
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> Moose
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