Whats convenient about hard drives is the capacity. I can do my entire c:\partition. A CD is 750-800 meg.

 On Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:32:35 -0800, Russ Poffenberger wrote:

>I think an even better approach is CD-R or CD-RW. Perhaps even DVD-RAM. Not only
>is the media more robust than tape or another hard disk, but it is pretty cheap.
>
>Tape is pretty outmoded these days for the average consumer. It is slow, media
>can be expensive, and is not reliable if proper handling and storage procedures
>are not followed.
>
>Bill Kapelas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I do backups to other hard drives. Either on the same PC or accross a network.
>> It
>> seems hard drives are cheaper and faster than tape drives. Although you can't
>> remove and safeguard the media, this method is probably useful for typical
>> non-
>> critical backups.
>>
>> I use xxcopy.exe a free program. See their website:
>>
>> http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy/
>>

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