[CQ-Contest] Backups

Thu Aug 9 08:20:37 EDT 2001

These are more commonly called CD-R, not CD-W disks.

Also, the CD-R disks (record once) are readable in nearly every CD drive.  I think the CD-RW disks require special drivers to be read in most drives.

73 Mike N2MG

On Wed, 08 August 2001, "Jerry Keller" wrote:

> 
> 
> Jim:
> I know of two types of recordable CD's.... CD-W and CD-RW.   CD-W can be
> written to one time and getting to be almost as cheap as dirt; CD-RW can be
> re-recorded many times, and are somewhat more expensive.  Both can be read
> only by drives and programs compatible with the drives/programs with which
> they were recorded.  I use Roxio (used to be Adaptec) CD Creator 5.... works
> like a charm to back up my entire hard drive contents on 6 CD-W's, which I
> keep until the 2nd back-up and then discard. That way I have 2 overlapping
> back-ups, one a little older than the most recent.  When I first manually
> loaded everything onto my new hard drive it took many hours to get it set up
> the way I wanted it.... and it took a real leap of faith to "test" the first
> back-up set by formatting the drive and then restoring it with the back-up
> CD's.... (Roxio even has you make a bootable floppy that allows you to boot
> the empty hard disk, then takes you through the entire restoration
> process.... worked OK for me, in fact quite straight-forward... but you will
> have to make your own leap of faith, I can only relate how it worked for
> me!!)
> Good luck,  Jerry K3MGT
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Reisert" <ad1c at yahoo.com>
> To: "Jerry Keller" <dxdog at rcn.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 5:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Backups
> 
> 
> > Where do you get write-only CDs?  How do you restore data from them if you
> > can't read them?
> >
> > :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Jerry Keller <dxdog at rcn.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > After a recent catastrophic hard drive breakdown, I now try to back-up
> my
> > > entire hard drive periodically on CD-W. Takes 6 CD-W's but they are only
> > > 10 - 15 cents each these days.
> > > Jerry K3MGT
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dean Norris" <dnorris at k7no.com>
> > > To: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 9:32 AM
> > > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Backups
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Not necessarily a contest topic but applicable none-the-less.
> > > >
> > > > My question is ... What do the list users do for hard drive back-up's,
> if
> > > > anything?
> > > > Thanks for the help.
> > > >
> > > > Dean
> > > >
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>From Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com  Thu Aug  9 15:23:11 2001
From: Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com (Leigh S. Jones)
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 07:23:11 -0700
Subject: Fw: [CQ-Contest] To the "Best of the Best"
References: <21.f5c5980.28a2b7be at aol.com> <3B724D03.FB9DB2EC at harborside.com> <3B7211DC.9C46D84A at tibco.com>
Message-ID: <002601c120de$d3c27690$ede3c23f at kr6x.org>

W4KFC was also one of the contesters I held in high regard during the
60's.  One year he won the SS on both modes, then won the ARRL DX CW
test the next spring.  W9IOP was louder here in California, and made a
great example of top operating skills for guys in the West.  In my
first year of operating at W6HX, W9IOP and I finished 1-2 in the SS
CW.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Tavan" <tavan at tibco.com>
Cc: "CQ-Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [CQ-Contest] To the "Best of the Best"

>
> W4KFC was my idol in mid-60's PVRC. Not only did he work three
stations at a time, but also his hand-written log looked like a
draftsman's careful lettering!
>
> I'm pretty sure it was W3GRF who had an 80m beam back then, full
size elements on a Rohn 25 boom. A little better than verticals and
longwires!
>
> 73,
>
> Rick N6XI
>
> Tom Osborne wrote:
>
> > K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > >     I agree. Martti is one of the best pile-up managers around.
> > >
> >
> > Anyone remember Vic, W4KFC?  He won a bunch.  Also W9IOP, W3GRF
> > and W3BGN.  May not have the rates that the newbies have, but
> > what to expect with 100 watts and verticals and longwires and
> > single beams.  They were way before stacks. computers, etc.  73
> > Tom W7WHY
>
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