On 9/21/18 9:47 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 6:08 PM Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 9/21/18 7:42 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: >>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:47 PM Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> That is true, but there is also a reasonable chance or losing them, >>>> breaking them, or other random failures. When a flash drive dies, it's >>>> gone, very difficult to recover if even possible. I would not recommend >>>> a flash drive (or DVD) alone for long-term storage. >>> All CD and DVD consumer burnable (R or RW) are not suitable for long >>> term storage. The dyes used are not gonna very long, maybe a few >>> years. If they're kept in the dark at stable temperature, I'd be >>> surprised if they lasted 5 years. Bluray is a different story, and >>> with proper storage shows some promise of being readable for quite a >>> while, but you're gonna have to put a drive, cables, and a computer >>> into cold storage along with the discs so... good luck. >>> >> FWIW, I think I must be very lucky. I have just checked several of my TDK DVD-RW >> disks that were written between 2003 and 2005. >> I'd forgotten all about them until reading this. They've been sitting on the top of >> a cabinet that is exposed to indirect sunlight and temp ranges of >> between the 60's and 80's and high humidity. (I fight with my wife about the A/C in >> the summer). >> >> All of them read just fine. Which is good since I'd been looking for the photos of >> one of our departed cats which were "lost" due to an HD failure. > Yes, lucky. Make copies, quick! > Well, since I did forget about them and it has been 15 years (3X your upper end estimate) I don't think they are that important. I'll check them again in another 15 years. If I have a DVD drive at that time. :-) -- Cardinal Rule of Presentations: "Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them."
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