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Posted: **Fri Aug 22, 2003 10:54 pm**

I am running out of room very quickly

I have a total of 20 gigs combined on all drives

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 2:07 am**

my advice, albeit obvious... buy a new hdd.

you can thank me later...

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:43 am**

Hey I never thought about that

hmmmm second thought

no money

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:58 am**

is not that always the way eh?

What all crap do you have on there? Could you not just delete some of it?

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:30 am**

Get rid of windows, that'll free up some space.

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 12:20 pm**

Hard to acess files though...

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 4:48 pm**

One word:

KNOPPIX

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:19 pm**

i'm thinking of maybe buying a DVD Burner and back up everything I don't use all the time.

What does everyone suggest for DVD Burner

Yes Paul i'm also asking your response.

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:23 pm**

LG 4040 DVD+/-RW Retail $286
or
LiteOn LDW400D 4X DVD+/-RW Retail $369

Sony's are cr@p. Though, the 20 gig ones should come out in a year or 2. However, 4.7 gigs should suffice............I guess

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:24 pm**

Thanks for the advice I had no idea which is good in the sence of dvd burners

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:30 pm**

There's -, +, and RAM types of recordings. Those do both -/+. RAM is really only used in video recording/editing and isn't really a major concern. The - only ones will be cheaper, but they only do -. -/+ will better guaranteed compatibility with DVD set tops and other drives (though, - is the data standard pretty much).

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:31 pm**

yeah this will basically be just back up for the server

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:37 pm**

Jason has done more research in this area than I have so I would have to go with his reccomendations.

However, if you can afford a DVD burner, why not just by a 120Gig HD. It would be cheaper. Hell you could almost buy 2 for the price of the DVD burner. (Almost being the key word here).

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:39 pm**

This is also a good point

Buy 2 120 Gigs and raid them :twisted:

Posted: **Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:49 pm**

Western Digital 120GB $144

LG 4040 DVD+/-RW Retail $286
+
Princo 1x 4.7GB DVD-R w/ case $1.49

So 240 GB for $288 with HD. $336 for 240 GB for burner. Cost after that, however:

HD:

$1.20 per GB *

Burner:

$0.31 per GB

So, in the long run the burner's the better option

* calculation based off price for 120 GB drive.

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