Hi,
Of course is space limitted, but suppose that will do it as backup.

Is the quality as good on an USB stick as on an external HDD?

Regards

Huib

I would'nt rely on a stick for backup, but then I dont rely on backups to a
single form of media either

"Huib" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Of course is space limitted, but suppose that will do it as backup.
>
> Is the quality as good on an USB stick as on an external HDD?
>
> Regards
>
> Huib
>[/color]

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> Huib;1114574 Wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi,
>> Of course is space limitted, but suppose that will do it as backup.
>>
>> Is the quality as good on an USB stick as on an external HDD?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Huib[/color]
>
>
> All of my files on my laptop like pictures, music, and other stuff is
> on a maxtor 320gb external, haven't had any problems with it. I also
> carry around a 2gb usb flash drive full of utilities and that hasn't
> crashed... Just remember, if its electronic, it can and will fail and
> any given moment...
>
>
> --
> CrucialHoax[/color]

Thanks DLL & Crucialhoax
That all lines up with my ideas and i needed some extra information to
convince my son who got the advice of an experts that an USB stick is ok.

Regards
Huib

Archival backups should be done to high quality CD/DVD/Blu-ray media.
The integrity of the back-ups should be verified periodically and fresh
copies made.
If you are totally anal, that is.
All hard drives and all USB devices will eventually fail at the worst
possible time.

> If I had to choose DVD backup or a external drive that had sufficient[color=blue]
> space on it, I would choose the external drive without hesitation. DVD
> can scratch - rendering the information useless -[/color]

Put a back DVD into a case and set it on a shelf. It's not going to get
scratched. Even if it does there's a degree of error checking inherent in
the media handling. Not a lot, but certainly enough to deal with a few
minor scratches. This is backup media here, not something that's going to
see repeated used.
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> where as a drive is pretty stable.[/color]

No, they're not. There are considerably more risks for failure in a
rotating media hard drive than other forms of media. Sure, a cheap DVD can
fail. But a hard drive accidentally knocked off a shelf is MUCH more likely
to become completely unusuable.

The best advice is to have more than one backup and actually try re-reading
data off of them from time to time.

-Bill Kearney

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> > Huib;1114574 Wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> Hi,
> >> Of course is space limitted, but suppose that *will do it as backup.[/color][/color]
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> >> Is the quality as good on an USB stick as on an external HDD?[/color][/color]
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> >> Regards[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> Huib[/color][/color]
>[color=green]
> > All of my files on my laptop like pictures, music, and other stuff is
> > on a maxtor 320gb external, haven't had any problems with it. I also
> > carry around a 2gb usb flash drive full of utilities and that hasn't
> > crashed... Just remember, if its electronic, it can and will fail and
> > any given moment...[/color]
>[color=green]
> > --
> > CrucialHoax[/color]
>
> Thanks DLL & Crucialhoax
> That all lines up with my ideas and i needed some extra information to
> convince my son who got the advice of an experts that an USB stick is ok.
>
> Regards
> Huib[/color]

I personally seen a USB flash key (stick) be erased by an
electrostatic discharge. USB flash memory should be recommended to
beuse to "transport" files between PCs and not for "long-term" backups.