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setarip_old · 1st December 2008, 21:45

@Maccara

Hi!

In addition to the (in the U.S.) low cost per blank DVD5, I prefer to use them for backup storage because of the difference in the "loss risk factor" - If the hard drive fails, you risk losing everything, whereas, if a DVD fails, you've only lost the contents of that individual DVD...

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setarip_old Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 16,267	@Maccara Hi! In addition to the (in the U.S.) low cost per blank DVD5, I prefer to use them for backup storage because of the difference in the "loss risk factor" - If the hard drive fails, you risk losing everything, whereas, if a DVD fails, you've only lost the contents of that individual DVD...