Comments | jrittenhouse: My computer hates me:

jrittenhouse

My computer hates me:

Sep 18, 2008 10:54

Case Number one: I have been having all sorts of burning problems for a while. I’m an absolute rat bahstahd about backup stuff, and first the old burner coughed and choked over any media I put in it, getting picky to the point of unusability. Replaced it with a new Sony DRU-180A. After a while, the Sony and various burner software reported that ( Read more... )

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Comments 3

johnridley September 18 2008, 16:22:22 UTC

Two things:
1) I don't trust ANY big name media; I think they all buy from whatever hole-in-the-wall is selling cheap this week. Go to supermediastore.com and buy Taiyo Yuden media.
2) I don't trust DVD for backup. Get an external hard drive; they're dirt cheap, more reliable and much easier, and honestly it's close to the same price as DVD blanks, plus it's reusable. When you overwrite your first "too old to be usable" backup, you'll already be money ahead.

skapusniak September 18 2008, 16:38:20 UTC

Yep, I'd definitely go for the external hard drive if at all possible.

greenmansgrove September 18 2008, 16:25:33 UTC

When you replaced the original burner, did you use the original IDE cable with the new burner, or did you replace the cable as well?

Do you have another IDE bus on the motherboard available?

What's the rating on the power supply in your workstation? And how old is it? If it's not able to stand up to the extra power used to burn a CD/DVD, that could potentially be causing problems.