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whitestar_999

@aruncse30,i mainly used WRITEX dvd's for movies backups & they have never failed me.10 DVD set costs Rs.125 but i think you may get it even cheaper if you buy a 1000 DVD pack.always buy a pack & not open dvd's as their quality is questionable.if you want even better quality buy only MOSER BAER dvd's.they are costly but their quality is best i have found so far.also always burn your DVD's one step lower than max supported writing speed shown in your burner.e.g.writex dvd gives me max. burning speed as 12X & i burn them at 8X.similarly MOSER BAER gives me 16X so i select 12X as burning speed.

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puchu

Go a step further and burn your discs at the lowest speed supported,I burnt a data CD containing all the Service packs of Xp and I am using it for last 3 years.So burn at the lowest speed and get the max life.

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whitestar_999

for burning bootable CD's/DVD's this may be done but burning DVD's at lower rates takes long time.it took around 8 min to burn a full DVD at 8X.it will take 16 min at 4X & 32 min at 2X.if DVD's are meant for movies etc. i think 8X is good enough.at least my DVD's burnt at 8X are working fine for over a year now but then i always keep my DVD's in the CD carry pouch/bag.also as an added measure check the"VERIFY"option in NERO.it will take around 7 min for nero to verify a full DVD but after verification you can be sure that your dvd is burnt correctly.

puchu

I agree.Data storage,verification are very important.It takes more than 20 min for a CD to burn 702MBs of data,still I do it at the lowest speed every time , perfectionist ; can't help it.

Which DVD writer do you use ?

whitestar_999

i use SONY DRU820.till now burnt 400 DVD's without a single failure.maximum i burnt was 8 DVD's in a single day.

sujithsukrutham

whaa... from where d thread started and where i will reach?????

puchu

Well, mine is HP one,around 50 DVDs in two months,no problems till now.The max is 9 DVDs in a row,I was backing up the NASA worldwind whole data cache 33GBs/46 files.

rasarat

Last month it was about 80 GB. I have recently changed my plan from Home 500 C+ to 750 UL. With the UL the speeds are slow i.e 256 kbps. Got to leave my PC on 24/7.
I use torrents to Dl stuff ... mainly movies .. all sorts and some music. Very little of utilities and software.
Haven't tried downloading games though. May go for an EVDO card if the speeds here are good or for the 1350 plan. But that's in the future.

absn93

I am using evdo in bangalore...my area is not an evdo supported area.with the BTS...besides I am in 1st floor where signal is extremely poor..only 2 bars at most..but still I have downloaded 12 gB in 4 days..also got evdo in 24 hours..

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absn93

I am sure..if I was in an evdo supported area....BTS wise then I ll surely get to download around 200gB a month...but not to be here..but at 550 per month..it's stil awesome