Previously, J. M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hope you don't think I'm terribly paranoid about CD-R >media, but... No media is infallible. "Magneto-optical" technology is said to be more reliable than CD-R and is what publishers, for example, use for archiving (long-term storage offsite of backup copies of their works).
I have a Fujitsu MO drive that I use for archiving and I like it a lot. The removable media is said to be good for 30 years...but as you point out in your posting that may depend on conditions anyway. And what if 30 years from now you no longer have a drive that can read it?? The solution is to have a reasonable number of backups of different kinds in a variety of locations. --Anna -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
