DVD-ARGH!
Posted by Tarbolde on .
This backup project is slow going. Maybe I'm just
too picky, but even among the top brands (all 2 of them) it's still tough to find a
disc that doesn't have blemishes or other irregularities. Worse for me is that by the time I've found a disc
that passes visual inspection, invariably some piece of lint from my hands has bonded to it through static electricity.
Then what, put the disc in the DVD drive and hope that the fibers are dislodged by the high-speed rotation, yet don't
end up on the lens? It's probably better than trying to ffff away the lint and accidentally spitting on the disc.
Gotta get an air compressor. Some lint-free hand towels. And a cleanroom.
Nope, a practical and sure-fire backup solution just doesn't exist yet.
They'll work it out someday, though. I just know they will.
It's the way of the future. The way of the future.
The way of the future...
The way of the future.
too picky, but even among the top brands (all 2 of them) it's still tough to find a
disc that doesn't have blemishes or other irregularities. Worse for me is that by the time I've found a disc
that passes visual inspection, invariably some piece of lint from my hands has bonded to it through static electricity.
Then what, put the disc in the DVD drive and hope that the fibers are dislodged by the high-speed rotation, yet don't
end up on the lens? It's probably better than trying to ffff away the lint and accidentally spitting on the disc.
Gotta get an air compressor. Some lint-free hand towels. And a cleanroom.
Nope, a practical and sure-fire backup solution just doesn't exist yet.
They'll work it out someday, though. I just know they will.
It's the way of the future. The way of the future.
The way of the future...
The way of the future.
I usually take backup pretty seriously, but a couple of bad batches of discs delayed my archiving project and now it's really gotten away from me.
It'd be nice to have a large external USB HDD to mirror files on, but I've read they're not as reliable as one would hope so I wouldn't want it to be the only place a file is stored. Same goes for USB sticks; two of mine have stopped being recognized by Windows.
Normally I'd use DVD+RWs for temporary backup; right now they're all full. But I just got a fresh 100-count cake box of -Rs, so the archiving project is back in progress.
* Extra * - visit or revisit a related PSA by Proteus - "Learn from my mistake..."
-Tarbolde
It'd be nice to have a large external USB HDD to mirror files on, but I've read they're not as reliable as one would hope so I wouldn't want it to be the only place a file is stored. Same goes for USB sticks; two of mine have stopped being recognized by Windows.
Normally I'd use DVD+RWs for temporary backup; right now they're all full. But I just got a fresh 100-count cake box of -Rs, so the archiving project is back in progress.
* Extra * - visit or revisit a related PSA by Proteus - "Learn from my mistake..."
-Tarbolde
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| Re: DVD-ARGH! | Tricob -- 3/27/2013 8:57 pm UTC |
| Re: DVD-ARGH! | Tarbolde -- 3/29/2013 9:25 pm UTC |
| Re: DVD-ARGH! | Tricob -- 3/29/2013 11:21 pm UTC |
| Stardate 4202.9 | Tarbolde -- 3/27/2013 8:30 pm UTC |