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K:\Reel_², and K:\Reel_3.

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certain files, but back up the entire contents of the card. Additionally, it is vital to keep and preserve the directory structure and archive the entire CONTENTS directory and the "LASTCLIP.TXT" file, if any. To archive to an external hard disc, create a new directory on the external hard disc for each card you intend to archive (for example, if you had three cards to archive on to your external drive "K:" you'd create the following folders: "K:\Reel_1\", "K:\Reel_2", and "K:\Reel_3"). Then simply use Windows Explorer to drag the complete contents of the appropriate P2 card (dragging the entire CONTENTS folder and LASTCLIP.TXT file) into one of those directories on your external hard disk. Another common archival process is to use optical discs, such as recordable data DVDs. A 4GB P2 card can be archived onto a regular 4.7GB DVD-R or DVD+R; an 8GB P2 card can be archived onto a dual-layer DVD-R. 16GB and larger cards may be able to be archived onto data Blu-Ray or dual-layer HD-DVD discs. To archive onto a data DVD-R you'll need a DVD burner as well as a DVD burning application (such as Nero AG's "Nero") which supports making data DVDs. Note: you do not want to create a playable video DVD, you want to create a data DVD. Then, using your DVD burning application, create a data DVD image that consists of one card's CONTENTS and LASTCLIP.TXT and burn one DVD per card. Data tape (such as DLT or LTO tape) can be used to archive large amounts of data; an LTO-3 tape holds hundreds of gigabytes of data. Use a data backup program to create large archives of card data directly onto high-capacity LTO or DLT tapes. Whichever method you choose, archiving footage as data (rather than as video footage) makes your project easier to restore if/when you need to work on it again in the future. Written by Barry Green, Fiercely Independent Films Inc., March 2007. Barry Green is the author of The HVX Book and The DVX Book and publisher of several training DVDs for P2 products. 15

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certain files, but back up the entire contents of the card.
Additionally, it is vital to keep and preserve the directory structure
and archive the entire CONTENTS directory and the “LASTCLIP.TXT” file, if any.
To archive to an external hard disc, create a new directory on the external hard disc for each card you intend to archive (for
example, if you had three cards to archive on to your external drive “K:” you’d create the following folders: “K:\Reel_±\”,
“K:\Reel_²”, and “K:\Reel_3”).
Then simply use Windows Explorer to drag the complete contents of the appropriate P² card
(dragging the entire CONTENTS folder and LASTCLIP.TXT file) into one of those directories on your external hard disk.
Another common archival process is to use optical discs, such as recordable data DVDs.
A 4GB P² card can be archived
onto a regular 4.7GB DVD-R or DVD+R; an 8GB P² card can be archived onto a dual-layer DVD-R.
±6GB and larger cards
may be able to be archived onto data Blu-Ray or dual-layer HD-DVD discs.
To archive onto a data DVD-R you’ll need a DVD
burner as well as a DVD burning application (such as Nero AG’s “Nero”) which supports making data DVDs.
Note: you do
not want to create a playable video DVD, you want to create a data DVD.
Then, using your DVD burning application, create
a data DVD image that consists of one card’s CONTENTS and LASTCLIP.TXT and burn one DVD per card.
Data tape (such as DLT or LTO tape) can be used to archive large amounts of data; an LTO-3 tape holds hundreds of
gigabytes of data.
Use a data backup program to create large archives of card data directly onto high-capacity LTO or DLT
tapes.
Whichever method you choose, archiving footage as data (rather than as video footage) makes your project easier to restore
if/when you need to work on it again in the future.
Written by Barry Green, Fiercely Independent Films Inc., March ²007.
Barry Green is the author of The HVX Book and The DVX Book and publisher
of several training DVDs for P² products.