We cover all the reasons why optical should be considered for archive storage. In 2022 optical media ranges from 650MB to 5.5TB for a individual disc or cartridge. Optical is an ideal media for a second copy and provides a different technology to Hard disks, cloud or tape.
Mount iso image directly in windows with no third party software, I show you how to access the iso images without using a drive letter to overcome the 26 drive letter limitation
We use DDRescue on Windows installed with Cygwin to read a badly scratched DVD disc. We then use the Parity Volumes/erasure encoding to recover the data that would not read from the scratched area on the disc.
We unbox and take a look at the Pioneer BDR-212EBK and find out why its more expensive than the BDR-212DBK.
We take a look at the Sony Digital Asset Manager solution that comes bundled with the ODA drive Content Manager.
We show how to fix a DVD drive that won't open or eject. We firstly show how to open the drive using the emergency eject hole and then how to remove the drive belt. Once removed we show how to restore the belt using boiling water and recommend that the belt is measured so it can then optionally be …
We take a look at Sony ODA Optical Disc Archive on Apple MAC, PC, and Linux machines. We also show you can take cartridges to and from the standalone drive to the Petasite library.
We run through seven different durability tests on the Sony optical disc archive (ODA) cartridge. Gen 3 media can store 5.5TB on a single cartridge. The Cartridges can be accessed in a single USB drive or larger robotic library called the Petasite.
We unbox the Pioneer BDR-X12EBK external USB Blu ray burner and burn QL 128GB BDXL disc using ImgBurn on windows 11.
We download and install Imgburn on Windows 11.