BACK UP THE DATA

[himtuna]

HI
I WANT TO BACK UP MY 10 GB OF SONGS AS I WILL BE FORMATTING MY HDD. WELL I AM GETTING AN EXTERNAL HDD OF 20GB FOR Rs6000.IT IS VERY SMALL AND HENCE PORTABLE
BUT I AM PLANNIG TO BUY AN EXTERNAL DVD WRITTER AS THERE IS NO LIMIT FOR BACKING UP THE DATA
(THIS POLL IS REGARDING BACKING UP DATA FROM A LAPTOP)

[saROMan]

well bud though both have there Pros n cons..but a DVD writer makes more sence..as a single Duel layer DVD stores 8.7GB ...so guess my vote goes to DVD writer...

[himtuna]

WELL WHAT IS THE COST OF DVD WRITTER?

[sam8240]

go for a dvd writer as it has more advantages than a hdd

[saROMan]

Originally Posted by himtuna

WELL WHAT IS THE COST OF DVD WRITTER?

well writers have become cheap u can get a internal for steep as 4K ..but donno bout prise for external 1's

[expertno.1]

well my vote goes to hdd drive coz u dont have to buy addiditional dvds to write again and again for the backup
aslo rewritable dvds are slow and costly

since u wiil create backup regulary then hdd will be good

if not then go for the dvd writer

[qarch]

For pure back-up purposes, my vote goes for DVD writer. If the back-up will be transient, ie for short duration only then use DVD-RW.

For portability of huge amounts of data like video from a mini-dv etc, use external HDDs @ 13GB per hour of mini-dv recording.

[sahil_blues]

why are you getting such a small external hdd???......you can see digit's this month issue....it has got the whole reveiw on hdds.....i really liked te 100gb seagate....its so cool looking and is price is also not that steep (Rs 12000)....

[Deep]

DVD Writer...

I too vote for that coz its a better solution for backup...

You can take 8 gig of data on dual layer dvd what more you need..

even 4 gig dvd is enough for me...DVD writer costs around 4350 (Sony) DVD RW should cost around 85 (Moser Baer) and DVD R should cost around 48 (Moser Baer)

Regards
Deep

[mohit]

i too vote for the dvd writer whether an internal or external. and dvd media rates are bound to go down in some time. i am just desparate to get hold of some dual layer blank dvd's ... not yet available but there is a disadvantage with dvd writers , the writing process is painfully slow (as the media available right now supports max 4x speed )

[King_Niral]

HDD is much better !!! DVD writers r costly DVD R/RW ,Media is costly & VERY VERY slow !!!

i would prefer HDD ne day + Cheaper and faster !!


Cheers !!

[ashisharya]

I will go for HDD coz I have two hard disks.

[himtuna]

I am planning to buy an external hdd for around Rs 10000. I want it to be portable and have capacity of 40 gb or 80Gb (well there is no limit ; my bugdet is 10K)

[Charley]

Originally Posted by King_Niral

HDD is much better !!! DVD writers r costly DVD R/RW ,Media is costly & VERY VERY slow !!!

i would prefer HDD ne day + Cheaper and faster !!


Cheers !!

But DVD stuff are safe and can be rest assured .... Also u can store loads od data on it.

[sahil_blues]

Originally Posted by himtuna

I am planning to buy an external hdd for around Rs 10000. I want it to be portable and have capacity of 40 gb or 80Gb (well there is no limit ; my bugdet is 10K)

dude get this months Digit....theres a whole review on External HDDS....you can get all you need to know from it...

[Thor]

I'm 4 DVD-Writer.
On HDD The Backup space will run out 4 sure someday then u may hv to delete some DATAs.
But with DVD-Writer u can burn 8.5 GB Data per DVD ,10 DVDs=85 GB cost<<<HDD.