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Originally Posted by GanChan I'm just backing my files up to multiple storage devices - CD, external HD, even floppy and zip. The chances of them all going bad at the same time are pretty slim. (Anyone know the life span of a floppy disk? It's magnetic, after all.) |
Originally Posted by some1x http://www.melbpc.org.au/pcupdate/21...6article14.htm http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/gipwo...ilityStudy.pdf Both suggest that CDs last more than 10 years. Manufacturers claims are anywhere between 20 to 200. |