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You could always go with an external DVD-RW drive and re-use the DVDs on a rotating schedule.
For under $75 with shipping: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136112
If you have someone who can install an internal drive, it's about $40:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106055
James "Kimo" Tichgelaar
Project Coordinator, Hands on History
Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497
614.297.2523
614.297.2546 (fax)
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Anne Lane <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Digital Storage Media
> Sent: 23 May '07 17:56
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> Good afternoon - We use Past Perfect as our collections database, and
> periodically I have been backing it up to CDs. If I include all the image
> files, I'm up to 4 discs per backup. This gets a little clumsy after a
> while, as well as costly. I am nervous using the cheap office-supply,
> 100-per-spindle CDs for our precious data, but we can't afford to chomp
> our way through spindle after spindle of the better quality CDs. Our
> office computers don't have DVD burners. Is there some reliable,
> large-dapacity storage medium that I could use for these backups,
> something I could take home with me, preferably something I could re-use
> rather than having to use it once and then discard it?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Anne T. Lane
>
> Anne T. Lane, Collections Manager
> The Charlotte Museum of History
> 3500 Shamrock Drive
> Charlotte NC 28215
> 704-568-1774, ext 110
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