Backing up whole computer
I know, I know....I should have been doing this all along but never have partly due to fear and this question... So when I back up the total computer to CDs (I don't have an extra modem & am not ge...
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1492 wrote:
It mentions nothing about recent accelerated testing of modern consumer optical recordables? Which shown to last 10, 20, 40+ years based on type of recordable and brand, and proper storage.
Do you have a link to that testing? It sounds interesting. But, will there be any functioning optical drives around in 10 or 20 years? There's already speculation on how long before, not if, optical storage becomes obsolete.
I have direct experience with writeable discs failing after several years of storage--in cases, upright, in a drawer. I'm just saying, IMHO, home-burned discs are not a reliable long term option for archiving important stuff.
