Floppy disks at 2021?!

[Steve Litt]

borissh1983 at gmail.com said on Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:58:11 +0200

>working long term backup that you do not need to update is a myth,

That's for sure. I have Qic tapes with proprietary format, Zip disks
with no Zip drive, and Kaypro floppies to prove it. The hot tip is to
move to the next *widely used and open* backup technology when the old
one starts becoming scarce.


>both hard drives and cds die with time 

This hasn't been my experience with CDs or DVDs. See

http://troubleshooters.com/lpm/201408/201408.htm#he_who_laughs_last

for details.

I also wrote about my objections to cloud backup. See

http://troubleshooters.com/lpm/201408/201408.htm#cloud_backup

for details.

SteveT

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