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Cheapest way to store about 25 gigabytes of data temporarily
Organichu
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I'm about to return my school laptop. Soon I will be getting a new computer. However, back home as I am and out of touch with my friends, I have no access to any external HDDs. I'm wondering what would be the cheapest method of storing 20-25 GB of data temporarily? I do plan on getting a large external to go with my new laptop purchase, but I was hoping to coordinate those purchases. Are small-storage solutions so cost prohibitive that I should bite the bullet and buy my external now?
I'd much prefer to get some sort of flashcard/oversized USB pen/etc. etc., but I figure to reach 20 GB it'd get expensive. Do I have any other options?
I'd much prefer to get some sort of flashcard/oversized USB pen/etc. etc., but I figure to reach 20 GB it'd get expensive. Do I have any other options?
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Or 3 Dual Layer'd.
CD's are cheaper either way, if they are all sub 700 MB in size.
Man, the idea of burning 35 discs sucks so much ass. Barnacles. I haven't bought any CD-Rs in like... 2 years.
...so upon a quick Newegg search, 100 CD-Rs = like $20?!?@!?!
Wtf, man, I am seriously taking a bath in obsolescence. I feel geriatric.
yeah CDs would work too, would be alot of burning, but would still work.
Other than that, store it on another PC, then wait til you get you new PC + external drive.
Or like somone said, if you have a spare HD laying around buy an enclosure. they are around $30.00USD retail.
all else fails... rapidshit or P2P it to a friend i suppose
you can get them cheaper at any big box store. seriously. I got a 50 rack the other day for like $7. Hell, I can get a burner that'll do a max capcity cd in like 4 minutes for under $15. This is not that much work. Also, your average pc, hell even laptop, has enough ram to still function while burning a cd.
I'm not worried about my laptop being unusable during burning, it's just that my burner is locked at 24x and I hadn't even thought of this as a project. I hadn't considered anything but ctrl+a'ing the media folder and dragging it into another storage space.
You're right, though, burning this is not much work and I have no reason to whine. I honestly didn't even think of it, and it's probably the route I'll take.
Thanks, guys.
Online backup services are probably going to be a bit pricey for that amount of data, and might require a multi-month commitment. But you can look at something like iBackup.
You best bet is probably to go out and buy an external hard drive, like a WD My Book or something. This way, your investment doesn't go to waste later; you've got a drive you can always use for backups or other storage in the future.
Enclosures for a spare hard drive (if you have any, you know, lying around) might work too, but check prices. If you're paying more than, say, $40, it might be wise to just get an external drive.
> turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
I've heard that google automatically search for 'unusual usage' of gmail account, like setting one up, and only using it for storing files. When one is flagged as such, they look into it, and reduce it's bandwidth speeds.
I wondered about that. I hadn't ever tried, but I was suspicious that they might not be too tolerant of it.
Either do this and burn them onto CDs, or make your external hard drive purchase early. You were going to get one anyway, right? Why would you need to "coordinate" that with your laptop purchase?
Last one I bought was 2gb and £5
This is a good idea too, especially if you are in the market for a new MP3 player. Doubly so if you want an ipod since new ones are just out.
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Oh yes, an 80 gig iPod classic is a bit more than cash to spend than the "cheapest way" the OP is after, but that is a hell of a nice thing to have in your pocket afterwards. Hell, with that kind of space to play with, it could act as the external hard disk for the new computer as well. Cake + eating it?
You could write out every kb of data you have as binary, then input it back in by hand.
It might take a while though.
Assuming 25GB, it'll cost you $10 the first month for the storage, 25GB of bandwidth in, and 25GB of bandwidth out.
Then $3.75 a month afterwards to keep it there, assuming you want to, and you don't access it much/at all. If not, delete everything and you've only spent $10.
You'll need S3 client software of some sort though. Jungle Disk works, but is $20 - not sure what else is available for Windows.
More reliable then a CD or external HD, though...
Read the OP. He's returning the laptop on which the data is currently stored.
> turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
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I read the OP.
I mean partition an existing drive, copy the files using like one dvdrw/ethernet/flash or whatever.
Or does he not have any other PC at all. he wasnt really clear. hes returning his school lappy and getting a new pc soon, does that mean he doesnt have one now at all?
oh well, ignore this suggestion anyways. flash memory is like dirt cheap. just buy some.