Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!novia!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Archive 20GB? Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 16:13:03 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <4ddab8bf$0$2126$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <4ddbffc7$0$2187$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <15jpt65srq23r96e3mijd5nb06v48hrtla@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1306339983 1863 64.122.56.22 (25 May 2011 16:13:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 16:13:03 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.misc:1251 On 2011-05-25, Keith Keller wrote: > On 2011-05-25, Mark 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. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! How do I get HOME? at gmail.com