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wintron · 31-01-2004

i will be spring cleaning one of my hard drives and i've seen these quite cheap discs , the question is are these disc good or bad ?
things i will be backing up are music , data and programs only . burner to use is the lg 4040b dvd recorder . by the wat can someone tell me where i can find a compatibility list for this burner ?

thanks

*rdgrimes* · 31-01-2004

You really shouldn't use ANY RW disc for "backing up". Even DVDR should be used with caution if your data is not duplicated somewhere else.

wintron · 31-01-2004

so then you mean to duplicate it on another hard drive ? . i have used cdrw's to backup before , though on dvdrw's you use a less amount of disc's . is their any problem with backing up on dvdrw's ? i'm new on the dvd format thing so any new and valuable info would be greatly appreciated

*rdgrimes* · 31-01-2004

Any RW disc is unreliable over time, use them for short term backups only. If you want to store data long term, make at least 2 copies using DVD+/-R. Or one copy on HD and one on DVDR.

wintron · 31-01-2004

will do , thanks for the advice

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wintron CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: europe Posts: 50	Datasafe branded 2.4x dvd+rw discs <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> i will be spring cleaning one of my hard drives and i've seen these quite cheap discs , the question is are these disc good or bad ? things i will be backing up are music , data and programs only . burner to use is the lg 4040b dvd recorder . by the wat can someone tell me where i can find a compatibility list for this burner ? thanks

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31-01-2004	#2 (permalink)
rdgrimes Retired Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Deadwood Posts: 11,449	You really shouldn't use ANY RW disc for "backing up". Even DVDR should be used with caution if your data is not duplicated somewhere else.

31-01-2004	#3 (permalink)
wintron CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: europe Posts: 50	so then you mean to duplicate it on another hard drive ? . i have used cdrw's to backup before , though on dvdrw's you use a less amount of disc's . is their any problem with backing up on dvdrw's ? i'm new on the dvd format thing so any new and valuable info would be greatly appreciated

31-01-2004	#4 (permalink)
rdgrimes Retired Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Deadwood Posts: 11,449	Any RW disc is unreliable over time, use them for short term backups only. If you want to store data long term, make at least 2 copies using DVD+/-R. Or one copy on HD and one on DVDR.

31-01-2004	#5 (permalink)
wintron CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: europe Posts: 50	will do , thanks for the advice