Doug,
I got in the habit of making duplicates back when I used QIC tapes,
and I've continued since I switched to CD-R. I've never had a disc
failure, but I did when using tapes, and the second copy saved my
butt. If you loan CD's out to your customers it would be an excellent
idea, since the coatings can be easily scratched.
I would also suggest burning them in CD-R mode, not CD-RW, because
"some" old CD players don't understand CD-RW. I just dupe files to
a holding partition until I've got enough for a disc and then burn
two, naming the second "copy 2". Copy 1 is for archival use, copy 2 is
for emergencies.
Take care,
Steve
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Douglas S. Smoot wrote:
>
> When backing up flow data onto CD-ROMs, do you all make 2 copies, and how
> important is it to make 2 copies vs. simply making 1 copy. I have seen the
> message traffic regarding that advice on this list before. Is making 2
> copies routinely being done by most labs that burn CD's?
>
> Just curious, as we have purchased a CD-ROM writer for our Apple. Thank you.
>
> Doug
>
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