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Gabrielles blades · 08-05-2005, 01:18 AM

i got a dvd ram drive recently that i think is really cool; basically it allows me to have unlimited external hard drive space.
Reason i got this is because my 300GB drive crashed on me so i lost all of my data

I heard most hard drives last only a few years because their size makes them unstable; hard drives made a loooong time ago that were much much smaller are a lot more reliable than the huge hard drives of today.

dvd ram uses special dvds that act like hard drive discs; so you can copy and paste & delete in windows explorer - its just a lot slower to transfer the files and each disc is only like 4-9GB depending on if you get single or double sided discs.
the dvd ram discs come in a neat special cartridge that you insert into the drive - that way they wont ever get scratched. According to my brother this is better data security than a RAID system.

its too bad this system is unpopular or it would be cheaper; costs quite a pretty penny for the drive; and the discs arent that cheap either, but i figure its worth it since id just end up losing all of my data again if i bought another hard drive.

08-05-2005, 01:18 AM	#4
Gabrielles blades Baaz Draconian Join Date: April 26, 2002 Location: florida Age: 43 Posts: 761	i got a dvd ram drive recently that i think is really cool; basically it allows me to have unlimited external hard drive space. Reason i got this is because my 300GB drive crashed on me so i lost all of my data I heard most hard drives last only a few years because their size makes them unstable; hard drives made a loooong time ago that were much much smaller are a lot more reliable than the huge hard drives of today. dvd ram uses special dvds that act like hard drive discs; so you can copy and paste & delete in windows explorer - its just a lot slower to transfer the files and each disc is only like 4-9GB depending on if you get single or double sided discs. the dvd ram discs come in a neat special cartridge that you insert into the drive - that way they wont ever get scratched. According to my brother this is better data security than a RAID system. its too bad this system is unpopular or it would be cheaper; costs quite a pretty penny for the drive; and the discs arent that cheap either, but i figure its worth it since id just end up losing all of my data again if i bought another hard drive.