Laurenz Bobke <laurenzb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Actually, it's not so much the longevity of the media itself that bothers > me. At my office, I recently came across a 5.5 inch floppy disk. Guess, the > data would still be there if I had the drive to read them! The last time *I* tried to read a 5.25" floppy, couple of years ago, the data wasn't readable on several different drives. Magnetic media shouldn't be counted on for long-term storage, in general. Magtapes wer doing well to last 10 years. > Personally, I back up everything on external HDDs and DVD. Using a couple of different media is a good strategy, I think. I'm doing something very similar. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
