----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist"
Subject: Re: DVDs
I had one external hard drive fail. I took it to a tech facility that offered recovery service. They wanted $3500 to recover the files. I passed on that. Now I back up everything on DVD. Two or more DVDs for important files. Plus a hard drive copy.
I think if one wants to use hard drives as permanent back oup, it must be realized that they will fail eventually. I believe it was Herb Chong who mentioned on list that he does all his archiving on two external drives, one being an image of the other, and that he replaces them regularly, whether or not they fail. I keep looking at my pictures and wonder if archiving them is a good idea.....
William Robb
