gurtch Posted March 20, 2007 Share #1 Posted March 20, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi all: I have been backing up my files using a Sony DRX-710L External USB Burner. Up until now I have been making TWO back Ups (1 kept off site) using Delkin Archival Gold 4X disks, which worked fine. The last spindle of Delkin Golds were 8X, and my burner keeps giving me an error message that the wrong kind of disk is inserted. I HAVE been able to burn to an HP 8X disk. The Delkins are rated at 100 years. I don't want to use "plain vanilla" cheap disks, but my Sony will not work. I have contacted Delkin and they said they know of no compatibility issues. I down loaded a firmware from Sony, but that did not work. My question is: Can you reccommend another brand "long life" DVD disk? I hate to ditch a perfectly good burner just to use one brand (Delkin) disks. Thanks in advance. Dave G. in NJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wparsonsgisnet Posted March 20, 2007 Share #2 Posted March 20, 2007 Dave, I have a Sony 510A and it won't talk to gold disks properly, either. I have a b-i-g stack of these and am playing with downloads, etc, but haven't solved it yet. I can also only burn 8x disks at 4x, but it may be the burner. I am in the market for a burner -- which is why I had all the problems with Roxio. If you're in windoze, don't do Roxio if you have software that talks directly to the DVD burner. BTW, read-only copies and off-site is cool, but if this is your only backup, I suggest you think about a hard disk mirror. CD's and DVD's are neither archival nor very good media: one scratch and you're up the proverbial creek. Many here recommend 2 ro 3 copies on external HD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Olof Posted March 20, 2007 Share #3 Posted March 20, 2007 Donte use DVDs for backups. The storage security of CDs is much better ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted March 20, 2007 Share #4 Posted March 20, 2007 Donte use DVDs for backups. The storage security of CDs is much better ! Jan, do you have any documtation for this statement (that I can read in English, of course). I have not seen any material that indicates either CD's or DVD's are archival. Tnx. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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