>What? You are not seriously suggesting that CD-Rs or Tapes are safer >than external backup HDs, which are only connected and running while the >backup is doing its thing?
I agree wholeheartedly with Johannes, I've lost a few important things from CDs that failed despite adequate storage. If I do archive to CD these days I make 3 identical CDs in the hope one will survive! >the failure rate of old Audio DATs I would not ever trust anything >stored on tape for more than a year. Agreed again! I don't know if anyone else remembers having to bake multitrack tapes in the oven to try and rescue them (ampex in our case, I don't remember how widespread the problem was) - it seems totally satonishing now, but in a studio I worked in we had to cook literally dozens! I know - that was s specific problem that no longer exists, but it's seriously changed my attitude to tape! -- Simon Troup Digital Music Art _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
