Joe Aston Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Im currently in the process of backing up all of my data on to dvd before i reinstall windows but i have a rather large amount of files to back up. I was thinking could i use something like tugzip to compress all my files then burn them onto dvd then when i have reinstalled xp could i just unzip them again and them by fine. It seemed to simple so i thought i would check to see if it would work or not before i start burning.ThanksJoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 There's no real problem with doing that, but it is a bit annoying. It'll take time and effort to compress all your files, and then if you ever want to access your files again you'll have to unzip them just to see what's there. There's no real problem with doing it, but I don't think it's worth it. To be honest, I'd probably just buy an external drive. You can get storage for under 16p/Gb (500Gb hard drive for £80) so backing up on DVD isn't really worth the hassle IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Aston Posted February 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Ok yeah im planning on getting an external hard drive but funds are very low at the moment and i already have a massive stack of dvds to use and my pc is in dire need of a fresh install. Thanks for the quick reply.joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Well you'd just compress them, burn them to dvd and then uncompress them. Which is alot cheaper than an Ext HD. I've done it an it works, but with a few files I was getting Cyclic Redundancy Check Error which can be prevented by burning the disc at a slower speed. Can't be totally prevented, but you should be fine. Either that, or upload the files somewhere if you haven't got alot to backup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Aston Posted February 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 O wicked well i least i no it works. Iv got proberly 10 dvds to burn which i could properly get down if i compress them but yeah that was my plan Scoops. Externall hdd is going to have to wait. Thanks for your help.joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 It depends on the type of files too. Mp3, JPG etc are already compressed in the file format itself so when zipped you'll barely see a size reduction. But stuff like WAV, BMP, TXT will compress by a massive %age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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