File Back Up System for long term storage
I'm wondering how you all back up your data on your computers. I currently use icloud and Google Drive as redundant cloud storage for pictures and videos...and... I recently lost some videos on t...
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Gdetrailer wrote:
Burnable optical media tends to fail over time, I have had countless amount of burned CDs that were good when burned but in a few years of being stored out of light started to become unreadable.
That's why they make archive grade DVD-R/BDR which are commonly used by museums these days. Like any medium, they need to be stored properly following manufactures recommendations.
Anyone who leaves recordable optical discs out in direct sun light, present company excluded, deserves losing their content for not using some basic common sense? It is an optical format, sensitive to light and heat.
