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Hello,
Currently I'm without any sort of backup solution (not a good idea, I know). On my main computer here, I'm running an 80 gig IDE HD. Most people ask me how I can live with that much space, but I seemingly have the need to reformat every 6 months to keep a nice, clean feeling
I have 2 real questions here. The first one is my motherboard is a K8N-E, and supports SATA. Given this thing is an AMD 64 3200+ and I'm not doing a whole lot of file system stuff, I'm guessing buying a SATA HD just for the performance upgrade probably wouldn't be worth it, correct?
The second is trying to find a cost-effective way to backup some data. I really don't have all that much to backup, but when I tried using a few DVD to backup before, for some reason everything was corrupted, which resulted in not-so-good data loss.
Is the most recommended way for casual backups buying a hard drive enclosure and a cheap IDE HD, buying some sort of external HD like a Western Digital my book, or just buying a few 8 gig flash memory sticks?
I'd like something reliable, durable (falling from the desk accidentally hopefully shouldn't mean the end of it), and at least reasonably sized. It probably wouldn't be used on the go much, but it'd be nice if I didn't need a forklift.
Thanks in advance!
Currently I'm without any sort of backup solution (not a good idea, I know). On my main computer here, I'm running an 80 gig IDE HD. Most people ask me how I can live with that much space, but I seemingly have the need to reformat every 6 months to keep a nice, clean feeling
I have 2 real questions here. The first one is my motherboard is a K8N-E, and supports SATA. Given this thing is an AMD 64 3200+ and I'm not doing a whole lot of file system stuff, I'm guessing buying a SATA HD just for the performance upgrade probably wouldn't be worth it, correct?
The second is trying to find a cost-effective way to backup some data. I really don't have all that much to backup, but when I tried using a few DVD to backup before, for some reason everything was corrupted, which resulted in not-so-good data loss.
Is the most recommended way for casual backups buying a hard drive enclosure and a cheap IDE HD, buying some sort of external HD like a Western Digital my book, or just buying a few 8 gig flash memory sticks?
I'd like something reliable, durable (falling from the desk accidentally hopefully shouldn't mean the end of it), and at least reasonably sized. It probably wouldn't be used on the go much, but it'd be nice if I didn't need a forklift.
Thanks in advance!