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this might be a stupid lame question and but i have not had to do this yet. Can you make a backup dvd-r from a backup dvd-r? i have a full 120 Gig HD of .gi files that i was going to start deleting, but i know as soon as i do, I will need to make a back up of something that i can only find a backup of. any suggestions??
you should have no promblems backing it up the same way you backup an original ..............
i have done it twice and had no problems.............
thanks for the info. i will have to try one first and find out. i also am considering installing a removable HD bay in my pc and then just getting a new HD when it is full... :) i know this is a bit extreme, but i guess it goes back to my days back in the 80's when i ran a BBS and used to back up everything on DAT tapes. but then again a 120 MEG HD cost over $ 300.00 back then and my DAT drive was a donation from someone for unlimited downloads.. :)
if a backup is 1:1, then a backup of a backup will be 1:1 with the original regardless.....
you can image a backup and it'll be byte for byte as the first .gi.
Those were that good 'ol days, even thought i was only 1 :) lol you old tymers use BBS for your atari games.
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Originally posted by tirmgt
thanks for the info. i will have to try one first and find out. i also am considering installing a removable HD bay in my pc and then just getting a new HD when it is full... :) i know this is a bit extreme, but i guess it goes back to my days back in the 80's when i ran a BBS and used to back up everything on DAT tapes. but then again a 120 MEG HD cost over $ 300.00 back then and my DAT drive was a donation from someone for unlimited downloads.. :)
hey... dont knock the atari 2600.. :) even though we did not have those 3-D effects with shadowing and stuff, we were entertained.. heck i still have mine and actually hooked it up about 3 months ago to see if it still worked ( which it did ) and my son who is now 7 looked at me and the games and thought i was nuts..
other highlights from my days.. drinking water from the garden hose and building a go kart from parts in the garage and only after going down the hill and crashing through the neighbors hedges did we realize that we forgot to add brakes.. but heck, i am still alive.. and i did not even wear a helmet.. LOL..
LOL - I still have 2 - TRS-80 Model I's packed away in their original cartons, 3 Amigas, and an Atari 5200 system buried away under the stairway somewhere... :D
If your first back-up was ok, then the back-up of the back-up should work also.
i ran my bbs on a Amiga 2000. that was a great machine and probably still would be around today if it was marketed better and not as a "game machine" it was way before its time.