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Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!

by "Mr.T" <MrT@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mar 15, 2008 at 06:16 PM

"Allen" <allen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:47DA8691.80404@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> How long will DVD be a standard format? So far, the data storage method
> that has survived the longest without becoming obsolete in the hard disc
> (excluding paper, of course). What if, 20 years ago, you had selected 8"
> or 5.25" floppies as your standard storage method; or 15 years ago, you
> had picked 3.5" diskettes?


You'd be FAR better off with 3.5 " diskettes than an old ST512 type hard
drive! You can still buy and fit a 3.5" drive to any computer, but they
haven't made ST512 controllers for over a decade. (And VERY few
motherboards
available with ISA slots even if you have an old controller) Better hope
that old XT or 286 keeps working for ever :-)
Then again the Hard drive bearings or heads will probably be frozen from
inactivity and lubricants drying out anyway.

>>One
> very im****tant key to backup is to routinely transfer all backups to
> modern devices before your selected medium vanishes into the great bit
> bucket in the sky.

Exactly.

The best chance for archival longevity IMO (at present) is to have your
data
pressed to a commercial CDROM.
 A little expensive for most people though :-)

MrT.
 




 15 Posts in Topic:
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
floyd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-03-07 19:23:01 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
"William Graham"  2008-03-08 23:22:31 
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TH O <tho@[EMAIL PROTE  2008-03-09 10:04:44 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
Alan Browne <alan.brow  2008-03-11 18:01:06 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
bobF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-03-11 19:43:12 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
"Dudley Hanks"   2008-03-12 00:18:29 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
"William Graham"  2008-03-11 22:40:48 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
"Dudley Hanks"   2008-03-12 07:02:59 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
BobF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-03-12 21:22:40 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
Alan Browne <alan.brow  2008-03-12 11:27:01 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
BobF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-03-12 21:15:28 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
Alan Browne <alan.brow  2008-03-13 20:56:53 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-03-13 22:34:30 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
Allen <allen@[EMAIL PR  2008-03-14 09:07:13 
Re: The Nikon D3 makes everyone's life better, even mine!!!
"Mr.T" <MrT@  2008-03-15 18:16:13 

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