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offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2007-11-04 16:04 [#02140886]
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Like most of us here on XLT, I'm sure we have a shit load
of files that we need to archive.

This week I have been going through all my old cdrs and have
noticed that some I burnt 7-8 years ago do not work
anymore.

I was thinking of salvaging everything onto a portable
external HD.
What do you suppose the shelf life on these are? Will the
information fade away like these CDR's ?

This is the one I got my eye on ...
160 gig

What do you think ? OR should I just back it up to Tape or
cut it all into Vinyl ? Cassette? 5 1/4 Diskettes? Punch
cards?



 

offline -V- from Ensenada Drive on 2007-11-04 16:19 [#02140889]
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You might want to try to find some Taiyo Yurden DVDRs. I
hear they are good for archiving things.


 

offline CS2x from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-11-04 16:31 [#02140891]
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you should strap musics cds to child-boys and MAKE THEM turn
the caldron bubble!

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble!!!



 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2007-11-04 16:36 [#02140896]
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?! your casting a fucking spell!!!!!


 

offline big from lsg on 2007-11-04 16:41 [#02140898]
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you have to put it online, get like an rapidshare account,
at 60 a year


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2007-11-04 17:19 [#02140910]
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I say: go for it. However, since this is mainly for long
time storage and not for carrying things around, maybe you
should consider one of those bigger 3,5" disks which require
external power. There are also ready multi-drive solutions
using various modes of RAID matrices, so if you are serious
about what you back up, this should be the way to go.
Myself I have two 250GB external disks, one very slim 2,5"
and the other a very bulky 3,5". Both from WD. I really
cannot say anything about their reliability since the older
of the two (3,5") is only 1 year old. They have been used
very intensely however and up until now not even a minor
issue occured. Also, I'm not known for treating my equipment
in a very careful manner while travelling and in general.
My father has been succesfully using a no-name 30GB 2,5" for
the last 6 years or so.

As for optical discs, my recommendations go to Verbatim,
Sony and Fujifilm. I cannot be arsed to check their
manufacturers.


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2007-11-04 20:21 [#02140971]
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Cool, I think I'll buy it !

I just hope it doesn't erase after 30-40+ years of not being
used ...


 

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