As much as we might want to protect information, the best of intentions can't cover everything - the Library at Alexandria held the world's knowledge (at the time) but much of it was lost over the centuries.
Maybe there's a market for storage vaults on Mars? There would some delay in acquiring the backup, but it is definitely off-site ;-) John > Are you also able to keep them away from the risk of fire, flood, > earthquake, hurricane, tornado, tsunami, war, pestilence, comet striking > the earth... ? > > JL > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html > > Brian Lightfoot wrote: >> I still have a very old hard drive left over from the first 486 that I >> built. It is now used on a Win98 computer for the grandkids with games >> only >> on it. The holds a whopping 110 megabytes. >> >> Yes, folks, while technology is getting better, manufacturing practices >> certainly aren't. I've said this before: we still have the original >> photographs around that were taken in the Civil War. Your BEST archival >> method for your family files is a hard copy print out on acid-free paper >> and >> stored properly. Then you don't have to worry about technological >> changes, >> bit rot, magnetism, or alien abductions. >> >> Brian >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John >> Carter >> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:58 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Backing Up Legacy Files >> >> It very much depends on the brand and model. In the past six months >> I've >> recovered data (for other people) from a 3 year old Western Digital IDE >> drive (not bootable) and an 18 month old Samsung SATA drive (bad sectors >> and not bootable). These were both desktop PCs, so not subject to the >> mechanical abuse that laptops receive. On the other hand, I have an >> ancient laptop that runs almost 24/7 on a drive that was used and of >> unknown age when installed 3 years ago. >> >> Thinking "no-years" leads to good backup practices ;-) >> >> John >> >> >>> I heard 5 years, then I heard 2 years, then some-one told me they'd had >>> disks go bad in under one year. I'm down to thinking no-years. I >>> think >>> it's one of those things where if it works - great! If it doesn't, >>> good >>> thing I had another plan. I use external hard-drives, flash-drives, >>> online storage (Mozy) and email. >>> >>> JL >>> JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists >>> http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
