{"id":6181,"date":"2012-01-25T14:49:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T22:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=683"},"modified":"2022-03-03T10:24:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T18:24:28","slug":"the-dvd-is-dead-usb-flash-drive-restores-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/the-dvd-is-dead-usb-flash-drive-restores-are-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The DVD Is Dead. USB Flash Drive Restores Are Here."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/blog-dead-dvd2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-ajD1pLnH\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-738\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/blog-dead-dvd2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/blog-dead-dvd2.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/blog-dead-dvd2-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"abstract\" style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 12px; padding: 24px 12px 10px 12px;\"><strong>Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> On March 3, 2022, Backblaze ended the USB flash drive restore option. While we parted ways with USB flash drives, we continue to offer many options for restoring your files\u2014explore ways to recover your data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/restore.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">DVDs were a fantastic storage medium, able to store an astounding 4.7GB of data for a few dollars. That was 1995. Yahoo was the hottest company on the web. Google, Facebook, and Twitter weren&#8217;t even a concept yet. DVDs had a good run.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to call them dead.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Netflix, iTunes, and Amazon streaming removed our need for DVD videos.<\/li>\n<li>Blockbuster stores are &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/oaklawn.patch.com\/articles\/4-southland-blockbuster-stores-to-close\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moving<\/a>&#8220;&#8230;online.<\/li>\n<li>Applications have been downloaded over the net for years.<\/li>\n<li>Even with the OS, the latest version from Apple was only available via download.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mmoDqPyofok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first MacBook Air<\/a> announced Jan &#8217;08 didn&#8217;t even include the option of a DVD player.<\/li>\n<li>CES declared this the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2012\/01\/14\/ces-2012-ultrabook-round-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Year of the Ultrabook;<\/a>&#8221; none of those PCs offer a DVD player.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When we launched Backblaze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online backup<\/a> in mid-2008, we offered unlimited free restores, FedEx DVD restores for $99, and FedEx USB <a href=\"\/blog\/life-and-times-of-a-backblaze-hard-drive\/\">hard drive <\/a>restores for $189. We didn&#8217;t know how many people would choose the DVD restore option, but we figured people understood the concept of getting files sent to them on DVDs and they may feel more comfortable this way.<\/p>\n<p>Well with 600,000,000 files restored in 2011, Backblaze customers restored:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8,000 times more often by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/docs\/downloading.html\">downloading.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>50 times more often via USB hard drives than DVDs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Today we are killing off DVD restores and replacing them with USB flash drives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/USB-key-restore.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-ajD1pLnH\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/USB-key-restore.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/USB-key-restore.jpg 524w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/USB-key-restore-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFor the same $99 price, you can now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restore 28GB of data (7 DVDs worth) on a USB flash drive FedEx&#8217;ed to you.<\/li>\n<li>Reuse the flash drive when you&#8217;re done with your restore.<\/li>\n<li>Get your data on your MacBook, Ultrabook, or any other USB-enabled computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was a good run, DVD, but it&#8217;s time to move on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: On March 3, 2022, Backblaze ended the USB flash drive restore option. While we parted ways with USB flash drives, we continue to offer many options for restoring your files\u2014explore ways to recover your data here. DVDs were a fantastic storage medium, able to store an astounding 4.7GB of data for a few&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/the-dvd-is-dead-usb-flash-drive-restores-are-here\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The DVD Is Dead. 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