Fair Backup

Backup to CD is one of the most widely used backup methods. It is most useful when you need to backup a set of files, small enough to fit on one or several disks. Also, you can backup often changing files to a CD-RW disc to keep a backup of a fresh copy at hand.

When do I need to backup to CD?

As mentioned before, you can reap the most benefit from backing up to CDs if you have a fairly small set of data to backup. This amounts to about 500Mb-4Gb. In this case, you will only need from one to six discs. A larger amount of data will require a backup to DVD.

What can I backup to CD?

You can backup to CD everything you want: important files, data files, images, photos, MP3 files, etc. Backup to CD is particularly useful for backing up small sets of documents (around 500Mb) or images, photos or MP3s(1-4Gb collections). If you want to backup larger photo, MP3 or movie collection, you will need to backup to DVD.

How often do I backup to CD?

The time period between backups, or the time schedule, depends on the type of files you backup and how often they change. If you backup your work documents, you would rather backup them daily, if not more often. If you backup your image, photo or MP3 collection, backing up once per several weeks is enough, unless you update your collections at a higher rate.

What discs do I use to backup?

To achieve the maximum effect from backing up to CD, you would rather use high quality CDs and backup at the lowest possible speed. This will ensure that files are written to the disc and they will be recovered, if required. Verifying your backups may also be useful - some backup programs offer this function.