Hello All,
My name is James and like my topic had said I am brand spanking new to this forum.
I did kinda look around for a topic that I needed help on but I didn't find it so I thought that I would ask you guys/gals for your input.
I build computers for fun so I am not a hardware noob and in my system I currently use a TDK 16/10/40 burner and also a DVD player but I don't know the specs of it
but it is about 1.5 years old and both units work great.
So heres my dilemma, after every 3-5 months my computers WindowsXP registry will get so porked that I will have to do a format and then a reinstall of everything.
This past weekend I got a pretty good software program for backing up my HDD. But I don't know what I should use with it.
So far I have saved a copy to my slave HDD but... here comes the questions:
1) I was going to use a blank CD-RW disk but I was led to believe that CD-RWs are not safe at all, so are they now?
2) Since DVD burners hold so much more info I am thinking about getting a real good one like the Plextor
Model# PX-712A (12x speed DVD +RW/-RW)
I do not plan to make copies of any of my DVD movies, so saying that would the Plextor unit be an overkill for me or what?
I would use it for making incremental WIndows backups and also for my other hobbie which is digicams so I have over the years compiled quite a few pictures of large sizes.
What would you guys suggest is the best optical drive for my purposes?
