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    How often do you burn cds or dvds on your Thinkpad?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by stringbeans85, Oct 26, 2007.

  1. stringbeans85

    stringbeans85 Notebook Guru

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    Greetings Thinkpadders!

    Just wanted to see how often everyone burned cds or dvds.

    Besides burning the recovery disk...thats its so far
     
    stringbeans85, Oct 26, 2007
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  2. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    The only time I burn DVDs on my laptop is to make backups. Otherwise my desktop has two heavy duty DVDs.
     
    Renee, Oct 26, 2007
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  3. KnightUnit

    KnightUnit Notebook Evangelist

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    How long is a piece of string seriously
     
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  4. KnightUnit

    KnightUnit Notebook Evangelist

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    Id like to know how often people empty there recycle bin cheers
     
    KnightUnit, Oct 26, 2007
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  5. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    I turn it off as I install. ;)
     
    Renee, Oct 26, 2007
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    Agotthelf Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    i used it for making recovery cd´s and than i forgot it. :rolleyes:


    kind regards
     
    Agotthelf, Oct 26, 2007
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    I use mine all the time, to back up pictures and docs as I add them. I don't like to rely on the HD not crashing on a laptop, so I sort of pretend "it could go at anytime", even though it's practically brand new.

    For the small incremental backups, I'll use a DVD+RW and the Live File System that's supported by Windows. You can treat the DVD sort of an extremely slow HD (it burns really slow in this mode). But it's great for how I use it. Then once in a while I'll do more of a complete backup, either to DVD+R or to anb external HD.

    On my old desktop I was willing to take a little more risk and wait longer before backing up new pictures and files that were important to me.
     
    clyde1, Oct 26, 2007
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  8. oct

    oct Notebook Evangelist

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    yes, indeed, how many times people do open their notebooks?

    oh no no... how many times per day people use their coffee maker?

    very deep thought although.. no doubt...
     
    oct, Oct 26, 2007
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    stallen Thinkpad Woody

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    String is 3.5" when it is very cold.
    Rope is 6.5" when conditions are just right.
     
    stallen, Oct 26, 2007
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