[Ham-Computers] Question

[wxfreqrs]

how long to DVD-R's last and how much can i put on one 5 or 6 gigs

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Youvan" <ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or 
experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Question


>> it crashed after a few years
>> so then i bought a usb external hard drive
>> DISASTER i dropped it and cannot access it
>> data recovery services might be able to help i don't know
>
>> IS there any way to safe store data that i wont lose it other than a hard 
>> copy of everything
>
>   Digital data tape, but DVD-Rs are cheaper.
> -- 
>    Ron  KA4INM - "Lazy people sleep in the daytime, I nap,
>                   I'm not one of those lazy people."
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