Quote Originally Posted by HipHoper
"Data copying and such is one on my specialties"....Special agent BOND....Ferrit BOND.... :O)

Umm no not special agent, i just take the time to save the data. Its what distinguishes and employs me over and above typical computer people who arent allowed the time and frankly arent really good at it either.

If the computer you are working on is of important client/data,
UMM I think thats why I wont do it at the customers Any number of things can go wrong or the computer isnt booting correctly or its virused and needs ot be put in my scanning system

Then it must be fully backed up via some imaging software (I love acronis), On an hard drive or DVD-R, And this process by itself might take 1/2 an hour up to 2 hours. And in order to be able to do that, You need HD space and proper connection to it (Via network or Usb/FW).

DVDr's are nearly useless nowadays

Just bought a 500gb drive today, Just to be able to keep client's images for a week after I bring them their computer in case something have been forgotten to be restored....Most of the images won't fit a DVD-R cause of their size, So HD space seems the best solution
External drives are the way to go