Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For the same reason I don't use CDs anymore--their capacity is 650 MB vs. 4.7 GB for DVDs. And CD-RWs are even worse--same low capacity but much higher price and much less reliable in my experience. I used to keep one or two of them, just to move stuff between computers, but got too many errors and now use a USB stick for that. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Almere, Netherlands http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.fotosevilla.com Print sales: http://www.photodeluge.com Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: Bill Smith <wrs111445@yahoo.com> Datum: vrijdag, april 29, 2005 2:55 pm Onderwerp: Re: [Leica] Some new Leica photos now archiving images ----CD-RW? > Just a question--why don't you save images on a CD-RW? > > Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote:Don has described > my own method almost exactly. All my digital files > reside initially on the regular (built-in) HD of my computer. Every > weekend I copy that previous week's stuff to an external hard disc > (I am > on my second 250 GB unit now) but leave them on the primary HD > also. > When there is enough on the primary HD, I burn a DVD and then > delete the > files from the primary HD to free up the space. So every image > exists > both on the external HD and on a DVD. As technology moves along, I > will > just migrate to whatever the new media are. > > Nathan >