Data Storage - Re: DVD changers for burners??? [revisited]

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Re: DVD changers for burners??? [revisited]

Mike Redrobe

2006-03-23, 8:54 pm

Trevor wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:01:21 GMT, "Mike Redrobe" wrote:
>
> The bigger question might be, why are you dropping hard drives
> off of your desk?

Trolling aside, any removeable media has to be reasonably
physically robust. HDDs generally aren't.

> Maybe a bigger desk or more organization is the key. At any
> rate, that's yet another reason why I advocate backing up to one or
> more internal drives. Even if you're a total klutz, you probably
> aren't knocking your entire PC off of your desk, making "shockproof" a
> non-issue.

Removeable media (tapes) regularly experience more shock than media
not designed for that i.e. HDDs

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Mike