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Yes, you do have to be careful with CD's and DVD's to use quality ones, and they are susceptible to heat.īut, there are the "m-disc" DVD's which require a "m disc" DVD burner (writer) that last a very long time and are great for long term storage, or for cars (vehicles), or outdoor use, etc. It turned out that the dye used in manufacture was substandard and faded with time and usage (we tried this by putting a newly burnt disc on a windowcill in the sun - it was un playable after 24hrs Further investigation revealed that these so called brand names were factory rejects from PRC sold off on the markets, HK,BKK,SNG and on the EU by the millions. After ca 6 months the disc started jittering and eventually became a coaster. One bar we used, the owner had a great selection of 70's 80's music he played continually for customers. Robint wrote: BTW a word of warning IMHO about home burnt DVDs, how reliable are they? A while back when I worked in the FE, DVD storage became cheap and I and several other pals made back up of data, music, vids etc. I guess the same in SSD (£150) is the ultimate - if you only use it for storage not for an OS I went on the external 2.5 hdd and now a 1Tb is £40 and I use it for regular data bu. It turned out that the dye used in manufacture was substandard and faded with time and usage (we tried this by putting a newly burnt disc on a windowcill in the sun - it was un playable after 24hrsīy contrast I had a cheap usb 4g stick for 8 years and it had been through the washing machine 3 times, still working ok But again I bought a bnib 64g usb from ebay and it was faulty at data storage right off, I complained and got a refund - so the practice still goes on, where factory rejects get sold off on ebay and its a matter of chance if you get lucky If you want to create a USB flash drive stick of the Live installation version of Linux Mint ".iso" with persistence where changes are saved using MS Windows, the "Linux Live USB Creator" looks pretty good, but if it does not work with Linux Mint 18.x and that is what you want to use because you actually tried it, then you could try using "Unetbootin".īTW a word of warning IMHO about home burnt DVDs, how reliable are they? A while back when I worked in the FE, DVD storage became cheap and I and several other pals made back up of data, music, vids etc.
#Making gx works 2 run on linux install#
iso onto it, boot to that, then click install Linux Mint, and choose the USB flash drive stick you want for the destination. In order to fully install Linux Mint to a USB Flash drive stick, which should work well on a 64gb USB stick, you still have to create a DVD or use another USB Stick (even a small one like 2gb) to "burn" the live installation version of Linux Mint.
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No matter what computer operating system you use, everyone should be backing up their important files including data files to an external USB drive, cloud storage (free storage is available from "pCloud", "Mega.nz", Google Drive, etc.). I recently went through a hdd crash wiped my system, fortunately my local tech shop was able to retrieve my data and reintall my W8.1 on a new hdd - but it shattered my confidence, even more so when I found that its not easy for the home user to make a system back up - thanks to M$ NOT
#Making gx works 2 run on linux Pc#
As posted, if i got over my nervousity about installing linux then a permanent installation on a pc is the way to go. I would use a 64G usb 3 unit (cheap enough £12 ebay) and I accept that the usb flash memory has limited write cycles, but still if it lasts for a couple of years casual use. Robint wrote:Thank all guys, thats interesting stuff.