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To: Done, gone. who wrote (10183)	3/6/2005 10:54:17 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) of 21646

I never use CDs for deep storage.Ever. OK so I did a little test. I back up my PC's hard disk every month or so. I have several hard drives and keep at least two copies of my OS imaged using Symantec Ghost. I also copy an image of my HD to CD-R's every month or so as well. I use the most "el cheapo" variety of CD-R's on the market. Sometimes the back up fails integrity test and have to repeat the image copy. About 50% of the time. The earliest image I have of my PC's HD and OS is May 2003. It is burned onto five "el cheapo" CD-R's. So I image checked the five CD's and they passed integrity check. However, when I restored my PC to that time, the restore function failed on disc five for some reason that I will investigate further. In summary, I would say the woman who lost all her wedding photos, could have probably saved herself a lot of heartache by backing her photos up onto 20 cent CD-R's, instead of just relying on a company that would delete accounts without any hope of file recovery. I have used cheap CD's to recover my PC several times. I would not use the "ever" word with regard to CD-R's. This is not to say that there are better systems of file preservation (and more expensive) as you have suggested.

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