On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 16:02:00 -0600, Jacob Biesinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 03:37:06PM -0600, Jacob Biesinger wrote: > > > > I keep those on DVD-R's, encrypted, and locked up. If you managed to > > > > get to those, I'd be pretty impressed. ;-) > > > > > > How long do those last? My aunt was asking me earlier about how > > > long various forms of disks will last- she's putting a bunch of > > > geneology stuff on CD and is worried that it won't be around in 3-10 > > > years. > > > > She should be keeping at least two copies, preferably on a different > > brand of media burned by a different CD-R drives. Store upright in a > > cool, dry environment. In 10 years, she can transfer the whole > > collection to her 12 terrabyte IBM wireless OptiCube-RW device (no, > > that's not a promise by any stretch of the imagination ;-). > > > Someone told her to freeze the discs themselves. She was a bit worried > about how to thaw them if that happens... Any idea on if this is valid? > Maybe I should do a test while I'm on mission :P
I'd be curious to hear the results of that experiment. I don't really trust these artificial ageing experiments. Ultimately the part about transfering it to a 12 terrabyte IBM wireless OptiCube-RW device or whatever the current tech is is the most important thing to do. Remember 5.25" floppies? It's gonna be hard to get data off those in 10 years, so you'd better do it now if you have anything you need. The same will soon apply to everything we use today. Linus says he backs his stuff up by giving it away on the Internet. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
