Could you all share with me your thoughts, experience, and or links to articles about the pro's and con's to buying an extra hard drive or using DVD-data burning software to back up audio, audio projects (like acid, soundforge, or cakewalk projects) video, and text files (don't want to fool with RAID though)?
2006-07-11 15:15:41 · 8 answers · asked by ni_hao2000 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
note: already have 2 hard-drives- one is used for storing only data and is partitioned, the other hd is partitioned for running two windows xp's.
2006-07-11 15:58:22 · update #1
I bought an external hard drive for my laptop last month, to transfer all my data and some apps over to while the 60G HD in the laptop was being replaced. I bought a Western Digital 250G HD at Circuit City, it was $99 after 2 mail-in rebates that are on their way to me already. So far, I really like having all that extra space. All my data is available to me now, without having to zip stuff, and I run quite a few apps off it too. It's been really great so far.
2006-07-11 15:21:11 · answer #1 · answered by jobiwan115 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buy a dvd burning software cos an extra harddrive is good but the thing is it can get filled to but If u buy a dvd burner u can keep on storing more information by simply buying some dvd's and u can always do that and it never runs out of space.
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2006-07-11 15:20:49 · answer #2 · answered by Gyanguru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having at lest two hard drives is far better than one.
Install on the smaller drive you Operating System (Windows?????) and all software/programs requiring installation.
Store all of your files (DATA) on the second drive.
Buy a Backup software that will allow you to backup to a DVD drive. Back up your C: drive on one DVD, and your other drive on a different DVD.
The reason for this is that it is your Operating System that causes you to have to reinstall and when you do so you wipe out every thing on the C: drive. Result - you lost your data unless you create and store it on a different drive. Reinstalling your Operating System will have nothing to do with you second drive.
2006-07-11 15:35:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
unless you are using your data constantly or otherwise updating it frequently, buy nero (www.ahead.de) and write away on dvds. If you are manipulating any HUGE files frequently, you not only need a another hd, you need a mirrored or raid5 array, which will set you back no more than 600. Lots of added bonuses, and you wouldnt lose your important multi-gigabyte files. dvds are cheap though....
2006-07-11 15:22:14 · answer #4 · answered by brandihoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the most important word in personal computing is BACKUP! Another hard drive is good, but even then, everything you have, especially documents and photos should be regularly burned to CD or DVD. I personally use Nero, works for me.
2006-07-11 15:18:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DVD burning. You have unlimited storage. A second hard drive or RAID eventually fills up. You can just keep burning DVDs.
2006-07-11 15:19:14 · answer #6 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dvd data burning sw
if something happens to the hard drive, everything could go with it. with dvds, if you lose one, other dvd's won't likely be affected.
2006-07-11 15:17:50 · answer #7 · answered by crage_ralius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. DVD RW drives will also burn CDs
2016-03-27 01:53:05 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋