goldiemcg wrote:If you read the original post she said "I guess it's just me, but I can't even imagine why someone would need 2tb of backup! The partitioned part of my hard drive that I use to backup stuff in case I need to reformat the Windows partition on an emergency- only has almost 49gigs on it!

You people must have a lot of downloaded movies or music or something!"

Therefore I commented based on that. I might have missed where they said anything in the original post about it being overpriced. But, based on your reply you're saying if I spend more money it will be cheaper? It's cheaper to spend more moeny than to spend less money?

Again check my post.
There are 2 sentences.
The 2nd sentence says "similarly sized drives".
To only read the 1st sentence and then ignore the 2nd sentence, would be to take what I said out of context.

cbrown7693 wrote:This is the woot that never ends. . .

the day the woot stood still

jnissico wrote:I have to disagree, DVD-R's are not that stable for long term storage. The substrate will break down over time.

Wait a sec ... you're saying that I shouldn't use DVD-RW for backup because they aren't stable for long term storage ... so I should use a $70 portable HDD for that instead?

Josephus wrote:Your assumption is that today is the end of your evolving computer use. Your operating system never gets updated. You never take another picture. You don't like any more or different or old songs you haven't downloaded yet. Your Word processor doesn't need updated. God forbid, they don't ever update Adobe Flash again, or Java. The current browser isn't ever going to need improving.

So, how does that IBM PC-AT do loading Internet Explorer, anyway?

My assumpition was in reply to to prior post. I didn't say I couldn't use the space. I have a few TB drives for future use.

Pass!

SuperNinja wrote:Again check my post.
There are 2 sentences.
The 2nd sentence says "similarly sized drives".
To only read the 1st sentence and then ignore the 2nd sentence, would be to take what I said out of context.

And you missed where I deleted my post right after I loaded it. Not sure how you quoted it since I edited it about 20 seconds after I posted it. Chill out now, sheesh.

martian423 wrote:But what about the Macs among us? We already have a Time Machine in our hands for backup work. Anything this can do to help us out? (Besides being a drive)

This is Mac compatible but performs a function similar to Tim Machine. Clickfree also has a wireless version that is similar looking to time capsule.

ughhh woot killer

ggrote wrote:Wait a sec ... you're saying that I shouldn't use DVD-RW for backup because they aren't stable for long term storage ... so I should use a $70 portable HDD for that instead?

Everything will fail over time.

What's the deal with the ad at the top of the page that advertises the win a Bundle of Crops game?

Woot, the quicker you get rid of these and the faster you throw up a cheap large flat screen tv, the quicker you get my money.

WAY overpriced

ggrote wrote:Wait a sec ... you're saying that I shouldn't use DVD-RW for backup because they aren't stable for long term storage ... so I should use a $70 portable HDD for that instead?

Look at this info about the subject:

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/opticalmedialongevity.html

Highlights include:

• Do not use rewritable optical media for long-term or archival backups. Rewritable discs use a phase-changing metal alloy film for recording data that is less stable than the dye used in writable discs.
  
  
• Burn your archival backups to writable optical media, using CD-R media when feasible given the variability in recordable DVDs reported by NIST.
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• You will probably get what you pay for: cheap optical media is cheap for a reason.
  
  
• If you buy a new computer, assure it can read the optical media you burned with your old computer before disposing of the latter.
  
  
• Have multiple concurrent backups of important data:
  Store at least one backup off-site, such as in a bank safe-deposit box.
  
  
• Periodically check each backup to assure that the data remains readable and intact.
  

goldiemcg wrote:And you missed where I deleted my post right after I loaded it. Not sure how you quoted it since I edited it about 20 seconds after I posted it. Chill out now, sheesh.

If a post is up for even a second, and it appears on someones screen, and then you delete your comment, it only gets deleted on woot. It doesn't get deleted from that persons screen until they refresh their screen.

This is chilled out for me, this is my average state.

lpsisrl wrote:Missing the point folks. It's about the drive AND the software.

shouldn't be necessary. a good computer comes with good backup software. making this an overpriced, undersized drive. I expect this will be up on the page for quite awhile, possibly the rest of the day. Unless the inventory is small or the suckers are many.

virtual1one wrote:shouldn't be necessary. a good computer comes with good backup software. making this an overpriced, undersized drive. I expect this will be up on the page for quite awhile, possibly the rest of the day. Unless the inventory is small or the suckers are many.

lol gone several minutes ago

ggrote wrote:Wait a sec ... you're saying that I shouldn't use DVD-RW for backup because they aren't stable for long term storage ... so I should use a $70 portable HDD for that instead?

I think the point is, it might be impractical to use over 100 DVD-RW disks to store your 500GB backup set when it'll fit nicely on a $70 device that will fit in your pocket.

Personally, I've never seen a DVD-RW go bad through substrate deterioration, so I can't tell you what the shelf life of a stored DVD-RW might be. I've seen 15 year old hard drives that were stored in a rental storage bay power up and run fine though.

Really, I don't think the point of this device is long term data storage. The point of this device is that it's a simple DR solution for people who don't want to have to manage a DR solution.

You're doing a WOOT-OFF...TODAY? Dude, its like, 3 days before payday...most folks get paid on Fridays...I am assuming you do this to sell off LOTS of stuff...how about doing this on a FRIDAY?????

dbcooper wrote:Personally, I've never seen a DVD-RW go bad through substrate deterioration, so I can't tell you what the shelf life of a stored DVD-RW might be.

I don't know about DVD-RW, but I have had at least a couple CD-R's go bad in the course of a few years, without any physical damage to the surface of the disc.

not sure if anyone listyed this - but todays deal of the day at cowboom is a 1TB external portable Western Digital drive, USB 2.0
http://www.cowboom.com/