DVD & CD storage
By mipen2006
@mipen2006 (5528)
Australia
February 26, 2008 11:56pm CST
How do you store/protect the movies and music you download? Do you have special containers,do you make duplicates, or do you store them on a seperate drive, maybe a portable.
In Thailand they can deteriorate rather quickly, so I want to protect my favorite movies, and as I have some rare old music, I'd like to protect that also.
Any ideas?
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4 responses
@mnsrwt123 (2057)
• India
3 Mar 08
Well i have a 400GB Hard disk. So i don't have to worry about space in my hard disk. and all i have to worry about is to not to loose my data files from any virus or spyware.
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@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
3 Mar 08
I have a lot of movies and music stored on an 80 gb portable drive which is good as it allows me to take movies and music wherever I go. However I have many others which I guess I should put on other portable hardware.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
28 Feb 08
I store all pictures, movies, documents on external storage and doubled it on DVD...
There is very good blue ray disc that store pictures in great quality.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Feb 08
CDs and DVDs can deteriorate but if they are doing so rather quickly then this is most probably due to the quality of disk being used. It can also be the result of a CD or DVD drive that requires cleaning, since this restricts the laser and reduces the depth of impression.
Like most people I tend to use CDs and DVDs to store music and video, but I also archive it on an external drive. The current sizes of hard drives makes it practical to purchase an external USB drive to use for storage only.
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@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
27 Feb 08
All that makes a lot of sebse, and I gues the best way to go is with an external drive. Thank you for your help.
@chunter (1758)
• Singapore
27 Feb 08
Storing files on CD and DVDs aren't exactly reliable as like you said, they deteriorate quickly..
Even a hard disk is more reliable than CD and DVDs....I would, however, suggest the use of solid-state memory and USB thumbdrives or SD, CF cards etc...They are more long lasting compared to even CD, DVD and hard disks because they have no movable parts..
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@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
27 Feb 08
I appreciate your assistance. Thanks. I will have to get some USB thumbdrives.
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