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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Archive 20GB? |
| Date | Wed, 25 May 2011 16:13:03 +0000 (UTC) |
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On 2011-05-25, Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
> On 2011-05-25, Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> I would estimate the odds of being able to read a DVDR or RW after 10
>> years to be very small.
>
> Why do you say that?
CDs have a variety of known aging-related failure mechanism.
> We can still read 3.5" floppies, after all.
Sometimes, if you're lucky. I've seen a lot of floppy disks go bad.
> If you've still got the hardware you could probably still read a
> 5.25" floppy even.
>
> In 10 years we won't be able to read floppy disks, but it's hard to
> imagine not being able to read DVD media in that time.
If you've read any of the test reports on how CDs and DVDs age, it's
not hard to imagine at all.
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Archive 20GB? Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2011-05-23 19:42 +0000
Re: Archive 20GB? Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us> - 2011-05-23 22:41 -0500
Re: Archive 20GB? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-24 11:00 +0100
Re: Archive 20GB? Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> - 2011-05-25 10:32 +0100
Re: Archive 20GB? David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2011-05-24 08:05 +0200
Re: Archive 20GB? Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2011-05-24 18:58 +0000
Re: Archive 20GB? Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> - 2011-05-25 10:32 +0100
Re: Archive 20GB? Tony <tony@darkstorm.invalid> - 2011-05-25 15:24 +0100
Re: Archive 20GB? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 15:40 +0100
Re: Archive 20GB? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-25 17:05 +0100
Re: Archive 20GB? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 17:55 +0100
Re: Archive 20GB? Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us> - 2011-05-29 16:56 -0500
Re: Archive 20GB? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2011-05-26 03:19 +0000
Re: Archive 20GB? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2011-05-25 07:25 -0700
Re: Archive 20GB? Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2011-05-25 11:26 -0400
Re: Archive 20GB? Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> - 2011-05-25 16:34 +0100
Re: Archive 20GB? Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2011-05-25 11:56 -0400
Re: Archive 20GB? TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 20:19 +0200
Re: Archive 20GB? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2011-05-25 10:23 -0700
Re: Archive 20GB? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-25 16:58 +0100
Re: Archive 20GB? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-25 16:13 +0000
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