Re: [Fwd: Q's on backup to CD-R]

2002-04-24 Thread DSC Siltec
Actually, I haven't seen any data at all. My father told me that he had seen that in a magazine article. I am quoting him. The point of that was that CD-Rs were not a good storage medium for programs. For graphics or uncompressed music, they are fine. They're also fine for text files, where

Re: [Fwd: Q's on backup to CD-R] - fun stuff

2002-04-24 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, DSC Siltec wrote: > DSC Siltec wrote: > > Ross Boylan wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to do a fairly comprehensive system backup to CD-R. The > > amount I have to backup is much larger than the free space on the > > system, which in turn is larger than a CD-R. >

[Fwd: Q's on backup to CD-R]

2002-04-24 Thread DSC Siltec
DSC Siltec wrote: Ross Boylan wrote: > > I'm trying to do a fairly comprehensive system backup to CD-R. The > amount I have to backup is much larger than the free space on the > system, which in turn is larger than a CD-R. > Just a thought -- I have heard that CD-Rs have a 1-bit per 10