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Old 21st December 2010, 18:35   #9  |  Link
Groucho2004
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Barcelona
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Originally Posted by IceFiend View Post
Guess it's time to buy a nice 1tb external HD and dump all my discs on it then.
Up until a few weeks ago I thought dvds were a safe storage medium(moreso than an external hdd). I too have 10+ year old CDRs that work flawlessly, and pressed cds from the early 80s.

At least I still have good data to pull, so it could have been a lot worse. More an inconvenience at this point.
If you're going to store your data on a HD you better have it mirrored at least once. If the HD dies all of the data is gone.

The Verbatims I buy (yes, also the most recent ones) are of excellent quality and I never had a problem with them. Every 2 years or so I do a spot check on some disks with PlexTools which so far has not revealed any aging problems.

It's up to you but I think optical media is still the best option for long term storage - if done properly.
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