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My DVD-RW 0wnZ ur 200GB HD
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My DVD-RW 0wnZ ur 200GB HD
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Hard Drives vs. DVDs
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haha604
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My dual layer upgradable DVD writer owns you all hehe j/k .
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bahnstormer
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yo i want raid 4x250gb for 1 terabyte of memory! w00t
dvdr sucks lol! it takes 50min to burn 8gigs....waste of my time
rather dump it all to HD.
dvdr sucks lol! it takes 50min to burn 8gigs....waste of my time
rather dump it all to HD.
haha604
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My 8x writer does 4.7gb in less than 10min, which is more than fast enough. The upcoming 16x ones will make burning dvds a breeze.
Backup files on to quality discs and you can be sure they will last 10+ years. When storing files on hard drives, you always face the risk of virus infections which could wipe out everything.
Backup files on to quality discs and you can be sure they will last 10+ years. When storing files on hard drives, you always face the risk of virus infections which could wipe out everything.
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Memory = the chips you put in the slots in the motherboard.bahnstormer said:
I think the word you're looking for is hard disk space.
What's the last time you heard of a DVD crashbahnstormer said:
.I'm all for HDs, but I sure want my precious Top Gear episodes in a place where I can't lose them
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bahnstormer
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dvd's are a hassle to load and unload
scratches anyone?!? jeez u're kidding.
memory = ram or hd. although it would
be better to say 1000GBs of top gear vids =]
leave a dvd in the sun, heater, gets all messed up
yeah i've seen hard drives crash but it still beats
the hassle of having a numch of discs. in my opinion
at least.
scratches anyone?!? jeez u're kidding.
memory = ram or hd. although it would
be better to say 1000GBs of top gear vids =]
leave a dvd in the sun, heater, gets all messed up
yeah i've seen hard drives crash but it still beats
the hassle of having a numch of discs. in my opinion
at least.
ESPNSTI
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memory = ram, NOT hd.
HD space might be commonly referred to as memory, but it's not correct.
I've never lost a disk to scratches, but then again I'm careful with them.
I do agree that swapping disks is a pain.
But If that is too much of a hassle, you could leave the videos on the HD and use the DVDs as a backup.
I just don't want to risk losing all my stuff, plus I want to be able to reinstall the OS if I need to.
I actually intentionally don't have a big HD (40GB right now) so that I force myself to burn stuff on DVD from time to time.
Besides I believe even the biggest HDs will eventually get full (and slow), for example I'd have to have at least a 400GB HD just for all the DVDs I have and I wouln't have much room for anything else.
HD space might be commonly referred to as memory, but it's not correct.
I've never lost a disk to scratches, but then again I'm careful with them.
I do agree that swapping disks is a pain.
But If that is too much of a hassle, you could leave the videos on the HD and use the DVDs as a backup.
I just don't want to risk losing all my stuff, plus I want to be able to reinstall the OS if I need to.
I actually intentionally don't have a big HD (40GB right now) so that I force myself to burn stuff on DVD from time to time.
Besides I believe even the biggest HDs will eventually get full (and slow), for example I'd have to have at least a 400GB HD just for all the DVDs I have and I wouln't have much room for anything else.
Renesis
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yeah memory is RAM not HD space!
dukenukem
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Renesis said:
unless its specified as virtual memory ...which is then HD
Renesis
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ofcourse but when you buy memory you're not buying an HD 
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[nit pick]dukenukem said:Renesis said:
unless its specified as virtual memory ...which is then HD
The word "memory" in "virtual memory" still refers to RAM (non-existing RAM in this case), not the HD.
The HD is simply used to "simulate" that RAM.
Or in other words, it allocates hard disk space to act as RAM.
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DVDs are great, but it's much better to have the hard drive space. No having to put in DVDs.
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ESPNSTI said:[nit pick]dukenukem said:Renesis said:
unless its specified as virtual memory ...which is then HD
The word "memory" in "virtual memory" still refers to RAM (non-existing RAM in this case), not the HD.
The HD is simply used to "simulate" that RAM.
Or in other words, it allocates hard disk space to act as RAM.
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what i meant was the virual memory is physically a part of the HDD though it is treated as RAM.
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I see now, I kinda misread it, my bad .
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zenon
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I have over 200gigs of hard drive space and a 8x DVD burner, but I've found the best option for storing my Top Gear\Fifth Gear episodes is my 80gig portable hard drive.
It's a firewire\usb2 combo drive, so I can just bring it over to a friends house, hook it up and stream the videos right off the thing.
It has the portability of a DVD, and the stability\size of a hard drive!
It's a firewire\usb2 combo drive, so I can just bring it over to a friends house, hook it up and stream the videos right off the thing.
It has the portability of a DVD, and the stability\size of a hard drive!
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And costs like $200, am I right?
I got my 120 GB Maxtor HD for $60.
I got my 120 GB Maxtor HD for $60.
zenon
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No, it cost a lot less than that.
I bought the enclosure and drive seperately. At the time the 80gig drive cost me $90 and the enclosure cost me $40. Alltogether then it cost about $130 Canadian.
I bought the enclosure and drive seperately. At the time the 80gig drive cost me $90 and the enclosure cost me $40. Alltogether then it cost about $130 Canadian.
dukenukem
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i got a WD 160 Gb hdd for 79$ from compusa....if anyone comes across a good dvd burner deal lemme know
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Ooo, a seperate enclose. That's a GREAT idea.
zenon
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Ya, it's really great. You can just screw in any 3 1/2" hard drive you want. It's slightly bigger than any of the prebuilt portable Maxtors or Western Digitals, but it costs much, much, much less, and is way more versatile.
If anyone is planning on getting one though, try your hardest to get one that has a cooling fan and an aluminum case. Mine has an 80mm cooling fan and is made of aluminum and still gets quite hot at times. I've never heard of any HDD failure due to using a plastic enclosure without a fan, but I wouldn't be suprised if they got hot enough to start causing problems.
If anyone is planning on getting one though, try your hardest to get one that has a cooling fan and an aluminum case. Mine has an 80mm cooling fan and is made of aluminum and still gets quite hot at times. I've never heard of any HDD failure due to using a plastic enclosure without a fan, but I wouldn't be suprised if they got hot enough to start causing problems.