> Flash storage will not last as long as magnetic media. You've got 50 years, tops, and even then it requires some luck to not have any bit rot. Which magnetic

> Flash storage will not last as long as magnetic media. You've got 50 years, tops, and even then it requires some luck to not have any bit rot. Which magnetic media lasted 50 years? I don't belive HDDs from the '70s are readable today. I tried to read a QIC-120 last year (2021). The tape was dated 1992 (I think), so it was almost 30 years old. The tape jammed inside the cartrige.