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[Digital BW] Re: Archiving images on DVD?

2006-03-19 by how786

Backup HDs are always asleep. Never spinning all the time.

Best
Howard

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost"
<bob@...> wrote:
>
> Howard,
> 
> > I don't advise using HDs for long-term storage. We have suffered a
> > myriad of HD losses during the same time period.
> 
> But do you leave the backup HDs running all the time? You don't
leave the 
> CDs spinning all the time. You don't seem to be comparing like with
like. I 
> store some of my backup HDs, and just refresh them occasionally.
> 
> bob Frosl.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "how786" <how786@...>
>

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