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Originally posted by Austin
;) Don't dismiss DVD Writers. A CD holds 700MB while a DVD holds over 6 times the data. For a rough guide blank CDs cost 20p while blank DVDs cost under £1. CDRW costs £30ish while DVD Writer costs around £100 (4x using both + & -). Since 160GB HDs are no longer expensive as such it would be worth considering that option. For maximum safety you'd want to only connect the HD (power and data cables) when actually backing up (but you could leave it in your case). You could still use CDs/DVDs in order to keep something off-site in case of fire or theft. You could use RAID to create a backup on the fly too.
:confused: Are you sure you need to copy EVERYTHING off the current HDs though? Surely the actual important data is FAR smaller than 2x80GB?
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