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DVD Covers for file backups?
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the7k:
Anyone know of a template that can be used for DVD covers for just general backups of PC files?

I'm looking to backup a lot of my project files and images, but would like to have DVD cover for my backups so that I can easily look at the box to see whats on the disc instead of popping in a bunch of DVDs 'til I find the right one.
Doom:
Sorry z0mbiew0lf, I accidentally your whole post.

--- Quote from: z0mbiew0lf ---I'd just do my own thing for covers like those. The only real 'template' idea I could give you is putting the program icons on the box. (ie powerpoint symbol for a disc of backup powerpoints)
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--- Quote from: the7k on April 13, 2009, 08:00:21 PM ---Anyone know of a template that can be used for DVD covers for just general backups of PC files?

I'm looking to backup a lot of my project files and images, but would like to have DVD cover for my backups so that I can easily look at the box to see whats on the disc instead of popping in a bunch of DVDs 'til I find the right one.

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I'd reconsider DVD backups unless it's in addition to another backup plan. Though commercially printed DVDs could theoretically last for quite some time, DVD's you make in a burner at home have a much shorter lifespan.
triverse:
Doom, do you have any ideas other than DVD burning or Hard Drive storage?  I usually replace my backup's once every 5 years (if they last that long before needing replaced) on DVD.  Currently going through and putting CD backups on my computer so that I can categorize stuff onto DVD's.
Doom:
I don't have any data I *really* need to keep, so my backup plans are kind of lax. I have an image of my hard drive on a backup hard drive, along with duplicates of data I would like to keep. If I had data I wanted to make sure to keep, I would probably use redundant hard drive, web based, and for really important stuff DVD/flash memory backup. Amazon and lots of others offer cheap web based storage. (IIRC Amazon is something like $0.25 per GB)
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