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    Nero 10 - What option to choose for 25 disks worth of backup?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by passive101, Feb 17, 2011.

  1. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    I know it is in the DVD section. I have enough data to span about 25 DVDs that I want backed up onto DVDs. Do I drag all the files in under Nero Diskspan?

    Will these be readable on another computer that does not have Nero installed?
     
    passive101, Feb 17, 2011
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  2. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    burn the first of the 25 disks and check it in another pc? but i guess not?

    no cheap external hdd around? would be more simple to backup.
     
    davepermen, Feb 17, 2011
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  3. passive101

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    Its for a friend who its demanding dvds for some reason
     
    passive101, Feb 17, 2011
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    Please tell him to purchase an external hard drive.. restores will be quicker with it, and backups will be TONS easier, without having to worry about 1 disc being scratched bla bla
     
    ronnieb, Feb 17, 2011
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    a large backup like that is the same as backing up to DAT tape ... a nightmare waiting to happen.

    1 or 2 dvd's sure notmuch chanceof media damage or misburns a set of25 is crazy. get an external HDD or a NAS with RAID-1 if its important data
     
    crazycanuk, Feb 17, 2011
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    Buy a RAID-1 NAS as mentioned, then buy another external hard drive and keep it off-site. It might be costly, but if the data is truly important, you can't put a price tag on peace of mind.
     
    saturnotaku, Feb 17, 2011
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  7. passive101

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    I tried talking to him about an external drive and he clearly wants DVDs. I have enough DVDs so that isn't a problem. I have hundreds of the stupid things lol.
     
    passive101, Feb 17, 2011
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Just because you could back your computer up to thousands of floppies doesn't mean it's a good idea. An external drive or tape are the only sane backup strategies for 100+GB of data.

    DVDs are a BAD idea. Doubly so if you span them... it becomes exponentially more dangerous as people here have said. If any single one of those DVDs is partially or totally unreadable in the backup, the whole thing is hosed.

    If your friend still insists on using DVDs, spread the files out but DON'T span them. That way if one DVD gets lost/scratched/broken/coastered, you only lose the data on that single disc and not on all of the others.
     
    Pitabred, Feb 17, 2011
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    Make sure your friend reads this thread, maybe it'll change his mind..
     
    SL2, Feb 17, 2011
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  10. davepermen

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    if one, just one of his 25 disks dies, gets lost, what ever, most likely all data is lost. if that's not reason enough for him to switch, i don't know.
     
    davepermen, Feb 18, 2011
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