> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
> have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
> to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of
> anyone has any suggestions on how best to do this. Should I just dump
> t
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 10:05:27PM -0400, H.S. wrote:
>
> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
> have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
> to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of
> anyone has an
On 2006-09-10 @ 17:02:48 (week 36) Russell L. Harris wrote:
> While I did mention the oxide, the remarks which you cite had to do
> primarily with obsolescence of the technology. I have 8-inch floppies
> (SSSD and DSDD) with data which I would like to retrieve, but unless I
> find someone who sti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.A. de Vries) writes:
> Hi Russell,
>
> While I do agree with most of what you wrote I'd not be so quick in
> dismissing floppies, nor tape for that matter.
>
>> (An Example: Does anyone remember the 8-inch floppy, which came in both
>> single- and double-side versions, and in b
"H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Russell L. Harris wrote:
>> Both the CD and the DVD are quite susceptible to mechanical damage,
>> particularly on the back side, on which is the reflective layer, just
>> under the paint or label. Moreover, the reflective layer is prone to
>> flaking and peeli
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On 09/10/06 16:04, J.A. de Vries wrote:
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> You'd have to be a fossil just like me to even want to, but the fact
> still remains that these floppies are perfectly fine after 20 years. So
> are tapes (I know of tapes even older than that which are
Hi Russell,
While I do agree with most of what you wrote I'd not be so quick in
dismissing floppies, nor tape for that matter.
> (An Example: Does anyone remember the 8-inch floppy, which came in both
> single- and double-side versions, and in both single- and double-density
> variations? And do
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 10:05:27PM -0400, H.S. wrote:
>
> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
> have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
> to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of
> anyone has an
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On 09/10/06 08:59, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> As for "freeing up ... hard disk", I agree, that's the *worst*
>> reason for doing this. Unless OP is poor and lives in the 3rd
>> world. But then, does he have a
Russell L. Harris wrote:
Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote:
I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
to a DVD and freeing up the spac
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As for "freeing up ... hard disk", I agree, that's the *worst*
> reason for doing this. Unless OP is poor and lives in the 3rd
> world. But then, does he have a DVD burner, and do his family/
> friends have DVD players?
>
> - --
> Ron Johnson, Jr.
> Jeff
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On 09/10/06 03:43, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote:
>>> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my
>>> hard disk. I have all of these as albums in
On Sunday 10 September 2006 09:43, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote:
> >> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
> >> have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of savi
Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote:
>> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
>> have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
>> to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk.
On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote:
> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
> have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
> to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of
> anyone has any suggestions
I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I
have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on
to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of
anyone has any suggestions on how best to do this. Should I just dump
the d
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