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I concur, there is no "fire and forget" solution comparable to what a physical medium gives you. And I could have probably avoided the CD-RW corruption by dump
by darkwater 4y ago
I concur, there is no "fire and forget" solution comparable to what a physical medium gives you. And I could have probably avoided the CD-RW corruption by dumping the whole image on a new CD / DVD / USB storage every now and then.
I also have some external magnetic HDD that is now already ~10 years old, stored in the same conditions as the aforementioned CD, let see how it fares in 2032 :)
- mrjin 4y agoChose CD/DVD as archival medium was one of the big mistakes I've ever made. Most CDs/DVDs failed just after around 10 years. HDDs seem to be much more reliable.
- ruffrey 4y agoThere are several models of DVD called “M-DISC” which have gold plating. They are advertised as lasting hundreds of years.