11 Apr
2010
11 Apr
'10
11:40 a.m.
On Apr 11, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Some bits of equpment that I have get hauled out only
rarely and I
often waste a lot of time identifying them then trying to remember
where the heck I put the paper that describes their operation--and
then locating the disk with the related driver information.
I've been considering archiving the information on mini (200MB) CD-R
and taping said CD-R somewhere nside the equipment. Mini, mostly
because their physical size is convenient and I rarely have more than
200MB of information on any peripheral.
Does anyone else do something like this? I have little experience
with mini CDR--are they reliable?
I can't speak to the reliability of mini CDRs, but I can say that
it seems like a whole lot less trouble to have a directory structure
on a file server that's navigable by manufacturer and model number.
I maintain about 26GB of documentation that way. I don't keep
drivers or control software in there, but I could. Doing it the CDR
way seems to me like it'd be more trouble than it's worth.
Just a thought, no offense intended of course.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL