Re: tapes best for backup?
On Jan 5, 2008, at 12:42 AM, David Brodbeck wrote:
I can't say I've ever had a CD-R that was stored in a cool, dark
place and handled gently fail.
I got curious. So I pulled a couple of CD-Rs from 1997 out of the
desk drawer they've been sitting in for the last 9+ years. They were
stored in jewel cases, not in paper sleeves, incase that matters.
I read every file on both of them with never so much as a head re-
calibration.
Two snowflakes do not a blizzard make, I understand. But my respect
for optical media as archival storage has just taken a small step
upwards.
As a registered pack-rat, I've got a drawer full of similar old CD-
Rs. If I get ambitious and I've got some free time, I'll try a bunch
more, just for fun...
Rick
PS: It took me over a half-hour each to write those CD-Rs, 9 years
ago. I read both of them today in under 8 minutes total. Ahhh,
progress!
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