Re: tapes best for backup?

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 12:46:11AM -0600, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>  
> > Why do you think DLTs are more reliable than optical media or hard 
> > drives?  My experience with tapes in general (not DLTs) certainly does 
> > not predispose me towards that view, but I suppose DLTs could be 
> > "different".
> > I've never had a CD or DVD go bad once it passed verification, and some 
> > of my cds are from the early 1990s (Kodak Photo CDs).   I *have* had 
> > tapes in every format I've ever used, from 7-track up to DDS, go bad or 
> > be unreadable for other reasons.  I've also had a lot of the *drives* go 
> > bad, which means I'd probably want two or three before storing anything 
> > important on the tape format.
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> Interestingly enough, I can still use the IBM floppies that an old
> version of OS/2 came on in 1988.  I've had new floppies fail but not
> those old IBM ones.  Go figure.

My wife keeps insisting that my Windows95 on those IBM floppies are 
still good. Let me give it a try. They are from 1990.

Hugo