09-05-2009, 05:04 AM
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Chief of Naval Operations
  
Join Date: May 2000
Location: LEVITTOWN< PA> USA
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Do you burn data to CDs/DVDs anymore?
With the plummeting prices of flash drives, other than music and movies, do you waste time burning to this media?
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09-05-2009, 08:40 AM
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aka the keg killer
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Ala-effin'-bama!
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I still make backups (mainly my 16GB flash drive) to DVD in case I lose the drive itself. I also burn a fair number of .iso files - linux builds and bootable computer diagnostic CDs.
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09-05-2009, 08:47 AM
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Admiral
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: You could pick up Lindsay Lohan for less than a intel 990x, and still have money left over to bail her outta jail
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i still burn cd/dvd back ups i have had a fair no.of thumb drives bite the dust or they have got lost. i personal can say i have had to rma 3 thumb drives in as many years. and if it's really important files i burn more then one copy for safe keeping .as cd and dvd's do have a shelf life to .its way more then old vhs tapes but they will loose data in time.
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09-05-2009, 11:53 AM
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captain awesome
Join Date: Jan 2003
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yes.
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09-08-2009, 05:40 PM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Yucaipa, CA
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i don't. My picture library just hit 80gigs and i've just started backing up to another drive. i have one external and i really should get another.
When i set my system on fire plugging the wrong power connectors into the mobo i thought i burned the drive too b/c i saw it flash and smoke... evidently it's still working but man what a scare... only about 1/4 of my pics were backed up.
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09-08-2009, 07:15 PM
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Secretary of the Navy
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood
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Depends on the purpose....
For "givaways"... (like pictures and files under 4 GBs that I need to share with others) I'll burn them to a CD or DVD. For general backup and storage... I usually just use extra hard drives.
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