2012-02-02, 08:42 | Link #21 | |
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2012-02-02, 09:24 | Link #22 | |
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Your own burned DVDs are a lot less reliable then a HDD. Don't burn! It also takes ages, and it makes you a lot less likely to actually look at them again. |
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2012-02-02, 10:10 | Link #24 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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1. You need an expensive high quality burner 2. You need relatively expensive High Quality DVDs 3. You need to burn at a slow speed (which takes hours). 4. You need to store it somewhere that cool and far away from the sun. Otherwise your DVDs will just conk out. Frankly, HDDs are a lot less trouble. And the time saving in particular is huge. DVDs are not quick to burn unless you have industrial equipment to do so. There's a risk of your HDD being infected with a virus at some point, but it's very unlikely. I've never had an infection that actually harmed any of my files and forced me to delete any. And really, downloading them all again through Bittorrent will probably be faster then taking them off a DVD again. Don't forget, DVDs are not quick to read like a HDD, and when you have substantial numbers of them they're very difficult to organise. Stick to HDDs. And HDDs are so incredibly cheap now anyway. You can buy a terabyte external hard drive for 100$. So buy two, and put the back up in storage somewhere. So long as the storage is clean and cool, that Hard drive should last a long time. And it will be significantly cheaper then DVDs. A 50 disc spindle of DVDs will set you back 15$, that's 70$ for a terabyte. That may seem like less then a HDD but bear the following in mind: 1. A 2 terabyte drive is maybe $140, rendering the price different moot 2. It will take significantly longer and significantly more effort to transfer data to DVDs and organise it afterwards. Time is money! I'd estimate at least 30 minutes work per DVD (and that's convervative). That would be 110 hours of work for a terabyte of data. With Blu Rays it's a bit better, but Blu Rays will set you back significantly more cash Disks are passé. Stick to a hard drive. Replace it every 5 years or use a RAID and you're set. |
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2012-02-02, 10:55 | Link #26 |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Germany
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Neither zip, nor folders can get infected in itself.
A virus is always a piece of code that needs to be executed by other software/hardware (that's why we call it a virus). So the vulnerability depends entirely on the program that opens an "infected" file. Media storage getting infected by a virus is pretty unlikely. There is usually nothing on there, that is supposed to be executed as code. Even if a virus (ie a media file that contains virus code, that would get activated by a certain program trying to open it) somehow gets onto your storage disk nothing will happen. It's not like the virus gets on the disk and then does something on the disk to your other files by itself, if that's what you are imagining. What you have to worry about though, is an already infected OS damaging your stored files with malicious write commands. There are those viruses, that search and destroy certain media files. But the one infected in this case, is the OS, not the media files. You can somewhat protect yourself from that, if you use file transfer programs like ftp to interact with your storage, instead of letting your OS natively access it. Last edited by Dhomochevsky; 2012-02-02 at 11:15. |
2012-02-02, 18:58 | Link #27 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Update: Ortigas, Pasig, Phillippines
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How much is the HDs in your area? $100 = Php4200 right now so I don't think we can call it cheap. LOLZ. I'll need 1 year to save up to this much.
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2012-02-02, 19:37 | Link #28 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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In fact, if anything, being in the Philipinnes only comes out worse for DVDs. How easy is it to find somewhere cool and dry for your DVDs? Going to store them in your fridge? In Ireland it's easy, any of my cupboards will be about 15 degrees C. |
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2012-02-02, 19:48 | Link #29 | |
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But recently I needed to cut back a bit LOLZ. @Genji: Found it: http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/vi...a+hdd+for+sale
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2012-02-02, 20:46 | Link #31 | |
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Like my po--- ahem. Like OTHER SHOWS.... I watch. Yes. Ahem. Well, except for the Naruto fillers. I delete (most of) those immediately after I watch them. <----------- Digital data pack rat.
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2012-02-02, 20:53 | Link #32 | |
Love Yourself
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Location: Northeast USA
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Eating out here and there is nice, but I always feel guilty about it. You're generally going to spend $8-12 on a single meal. That's a half a week's worth of meals right there
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2012-02-02, 21:04 | Link #34 | |
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The internet... I'm a little timid in that respect. I like to keep my computer "clean" and having as little chance as possible of getting a virus/malware/etc.
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2012-02-02, 22:21 | Link #35 | |
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Decent meat will set you back at least a dollar or so a day, but it's soo worth it... I think budgetting 5-10$ a day on food gives you a bit of the finer things in life, without breaking the bank. |
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2012-02-02, 23:58 | Link #36 | |
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2012-02-04, 00:30 | Link #40 | |
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Be like me. Spend all your expendable income on books and video games. If there's anything left, then buy food.
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