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Article #68875Re: Backing up to DC-ROM? Help!
From: leo
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:00
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cjk@inf-eden.demon.co.uk "Chris Kennington" writes:
> Helpful info wanted, please.
>
> Some people I support are thinking of using writeable CD-ROMs as
> their principal back-up medium. There's a lot to be said for this in
> theory, for archives and whole-disk backups. Has anyone any
> experience? I'm particularly interested in the reliability and
> readability of the disks written; also the MTBF of the CD-writers
> themselves. (I fancy that, once they have a writer, they are likely to
> use it for creating disks which transfer pre-configured copies of their
> software to other computers; so interchangeability is a major matter.)
Probably not enough storage capacity. 650 Mb isn't very large anymore ...
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leo
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