Digital does NOT last forever....I remember reading an article last year about some companies who were early adopters in the digital realm, CD's, etc....and they have found that some data is gone or is being corrupted, something to do with the protective film on the CD's (if I am remembering correctly) The point is that at some point all data digital or otherwise will fail...nothing last's forever....at least not yet....
Heath http://batmangeek.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "humancloner1997" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's not "beside the point" at all. I'm now realizing how fragile > data is. My old PC crashed twice in years past. Since I got my Mac a > couple years ago, I've been splendidly complacent. > > Some friends who work as professional video editors producing > documentaries for Cable Channels tell me that "every drive eventually > fails". > > Now, they work on them all day, every day. Do drives "age" & "fail" > when they are just being used for storage? Mechanics have told me > that a car sitting at the curb deteriorates just-as/even-more quickly > than one that's driven a lot. > > It's something I haven't researched. I've been working with video > since 1970. I discovered that even different brands of VHS tape > differed in their life-expectancy. (TDK VHS tapes played 20 years > later while others did not.) > > I know digital images are supposed to "last forever" but none of us > are going to live long enough to check that declaration out. I'd hate > to one day go to my "back-up files" and find they had deteriorated. > > One final note, Lacie suggests not using their drive with Time Machine > as a back-up on video files because something in the formatting causes > a lag when they are played. > > Thanks for the thoughts. > > Randolfe Wicker > Hoboken, NJ > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David Terranova <david@> wrote: > > > > Slightly besides the point, but I strongly advise to avoid Lacie > (each one > > I¹ve owned has failed)... > > G-Tech is a much more solid option... > > > > > //------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- > > DAVID TERRANOVA > > d a v i d t e r r a n o v a . c o m > > > > > > > > From: Rupert <rupert@> > > Reply-To: "videoblogging@yahoogroups.com" > <videoblogging@yahoogroups.com> > > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:59:44 -0700 > > To: "videoblogging@yahoogroups.com" <videoblogging@yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] External hard drive problems ? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for this list, Brook - that's really helpful. > > I've had problems with Lacie drives. And yet I've still bought more. > > My initial thought about your problem is that given that it repeats > > on all your drives, regardless of manufacturer, it's something to do > > with your computer - your ports or some software problem, or a cable, > > or a setting. > > > > On 16-Sep-08, at 12:31 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: > > > > Make sure the drives are formatted Mac HFS+. Video will not work > > reliably if > > they are formatted for both mac and windows, even if they mount. > > Make sure you have the computer set to never put hard drives to sleep in > > your preferences. (And avoid MyBooks, which ignore this setting). > > Make sure you never fill the drive up beyond 80%. > > Make sure every firewire cable is good. They can go bad. > > Make sure no cable is more than 14.5', Ideally much much shorter, > > especially > > if you are using multiple devices. > > Make sure every firewire device in the chain is on. > > Make sure every port is good - on the drives AND on the computer. > > Make sure your video is in a format your software likes. > > It's a lot of work, but that's the usual firewire troubleshooting > > list. It's > > rarely the drive unless you've been unplugging it or turning it off > > without > > dismounting it. > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Brook Hinton > > film/video/audio art > > www.brookhinton.com > > studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
