Time to make some backups

I have on my desktop a folder called 'Racing Sims' which hold all the addons, mods, and tracks I've dloaded for the various sims. Inside that are subfolders for most of my current sims like F1 2k2, 2k2 and N2k2, and GPL and SCGT etc. When I looked at the properties for the main folder, it said I had 3.5 gigs of stored material inside. And thats with just a few GPL tracks stored there.(I haven't been too agreesive picking those up, since I haven't even mastered the original tracks.) Anyhow, 3.5 gigs is a lot of stuff to leave sitting on my desktop. Guess I'll spend the next few days burning cds. Nite all... dave henrie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.434 / Virus Database: 243 - Release Date: 12/25/02

LOL, Dave GameFile Partition; Used Space 11.9GB Free Space 1.98GB Capacity 13.9GB I need a DVD-RW or better yet DVD-RAM -- Daytona Beach - Winter Speed Carnival 1903 - 1935 1919 - Ralph DePalma Driving Champion and winner of hundreds of races, sets new 1 mile record driving 905 cubic inch V-12 Packard on beach at 149.875 mph. DePalma also sets World Records for distances of 2 to 20 miles and standing mile. His standing mile record of 92.713 mph is unbroken for 36 years.

On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 05:01:11 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> I have on my desktop a folder called 'Racing Sims' which hold all the >addons, mods, and tracks I've dloaded for the various sims. Inside that >are subfolders for most of my current sims like F1 2k2, 2k2 and N2k2, and >GPL and SCGT etc. When I looked at the properties for the main folder, it >said I had 3.5 gigs of stored material inside. And thats with just a few >GPL tracks stored there.(I haven't been too agreesive picking those up, >since I haven't even mastered the original tracks.) > Anyhow, 3.5 gigs is a lot of stuff to leave sitting on my desktop. Guess >I'll spend the next few days burning cds. Nite all... >dave henrie >

IMHO, you should have done that long ago... I do, as soon as I collect ~700MB worth of downloads, they go to a CD-R. Currently, I've already 14 CD-R's full of demos, add-ons, etc. for various games (and #15 is coming), another 14 of various freeware/shareware programs downloaded form the 'Net (and yes, a 15th should be coming in a month or so), and half a dozen containing pictures, videos, MIDI and WAV files, etc. (Wait, I forgot another 4 containing anything related to airplanes, cars and/or scale models). -- __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com '-_____|( remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying

Right now my "Racing Sims Downloads" folder has 3.92GB. I also have 18 cd's of downloads (not all full, of course). I guess I went a little crazy when I got DSL! BD In article <r_OR9.634656$QZ.93417@sccrnsc02>, [email hidden] says...

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> I have on my desktop a folder called 'Racing Sims' which hold all the > addons, mods, and tracks I've dloaded for the various sims. Inside that > are subfolders for most of my current sims like F1 2k2, 2k2 and N2k2, and > GPL and SCGT etc. When I looked at the properties for the main folder, it > said I had 3.5 gigs of stored material inside. And thats with just a few > GPL tracks stored there.(I haven't been too agreesive picking those up, > since I haven't even mastered the original tracks.) > Anyhow, 3.5 gigs is a lot of stuff to leave sitting on my desktop. Guess > I'll spend the next few days burning cds. Nite all... > dave henrie > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.434 / Virus Database: 243 - Release Date: 12/25/02 > > >

"Dave Henrie" wrote... > <snip> > Guess I'll spend the next few days burning cds. > Nite all... Sounds to me like you need a faster CD burner, Dave. Even my old TEAC CDR55S can burn 3.5Gb in less than two hours (6CDs @ 20mins each). Jan. =---

In article <s_OR9.5368$[email hidden]>, "REDLINE426" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I need a DVD-RW or better yet DVD-RAM > dvd-ram is not better then dvd-rw :) they cost more, and are not compatible with most dvd-rom drives or players. and if all you do is data backup, dvd+rw is better still.

Might want to consider a tape backup unit and set it up to do regular backups. http://www.onstream.com/products/adrline.shtml "REDLINE426" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:s_OR9.5368$[email hidden]...

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> LOL, Dave > > GameFile Partition; > > Used Space 11.9GB > > Free Space 1.98GB > > Capacity 13.9GB > > I need a DVD-RW or better yet DVD-RAM > > -- > Daytona Beach - Winter Speed Carnival 1903 - 1935 > > 1919 - Ralph DePalma Driving Champion and winner of hundreds of races,

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> new 1 mile record driving 905 cubic inch V-12 Packard on beach at 149.875 > mph. DePalma also sets World Records for distances of 2 to 20 miles and > standing mile. His standing mile record of 92.713 mph is unbroken for 36 > years. > > >

Depends on the tape unit really. Nice thing is you can automate the process to run at night due to the amount of data a tape can hold over CDs. "Steve Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 08:48:36 -0400, "Schooner" <[email hidden]> > reckoned: > > >Might want to consider a tape backup unit and set it up to do regular > >backups. > >http://www.onstream.com/products/adrline.shtml > > I used to have an Iomega tape drive. Slow and unreliable is my > opinion.