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What DVD format is best for archiving purposes?
paigeoliver:
The hard drive solution likely wouldn't cost ANY money at all. If you quickly ask around amongst any techie friends and co-workers you can usually EASILY get a whole bunch of older hard drives for nothing. They have no value at all.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on February 28, 2008, 04:34:59 am ---The hard drive solution likely wouldn't cost ANY money at all. If you quickly ask around amongst any techie friends and co-workers you can usually EASILY get a whole bunch of older hard drives for nothing. They have no value at all.
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Especially now as sizes are getting bigger, those 120GB drives are super cheap. Vac seal those drives afterwards and place them in room temperature storage. Super idea for cheap storage.
I thought of what you said was rather apt considering the the video of the xbox drive domino stunt i just watched. So much better than using DVDs.
ChadTower:
Keep in mind Grasshopper needs about 5-10gb of storage, not 120gb. Paige is right, free drives of that size are certainly possible to obtain. A USB enclosure and 3-4 of those will do nicely. I got my USB enclosure for about $20 shipped, works well, and it takes 2 minutes to swap a drive into it.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 29, 2008, 08:54:26 am ---I got my USB enclosure for about $20 shipped, works well, and it takes 2 minutes to swap a drive into it.
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I'm usually far too lazy to do even that. I went out and bought a 2xPATA to USB adapter sans power and use that instead. At the time it cost me about $25 or so. Now you can find SATA+PATA to USB adapters with a suitable power supply for about that much.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 29, 2008, 08:54:26 am ---
Keep in mind Grasshopper needs about 5-10gb of storage, not 120gb. Paige is right, free drives of that size are certainly possible to obtain. A USB enclosure and 3-4 of those will do nicely. I got my USB enclosure for about $20 shipped, works well, and it takes 2 minutes to swap a drive into it.
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Another option is to utilise a pull out caddy system. I have seen them go for as little as $20 and the cages were much lower. Great for plug and play. Ideal for those SCSI drives floating around with that capacity.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Removable-Mobile-Rack-Hard-Drive-HDD-IDE-Hot-Swap-2-Fan_W0QQitemZ180218115254QQihZ008QQcategoryZ64463QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
And those hard drives?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Removable-Mobile-Rack-Hard-Drive-HDD-IDE-Hot-Swap-2-Fan_W0QQitemZ180218115254QQihZ008QQcategoryZ64463QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
That would be a cheap solution!
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