On Jan 13, 2006, at 5:41 AM, alan smith wrote:

> nothing beats magnetic media, either the ZIP drive or tape.

At work, I'm currently archiving old 5.25" floppies before we don't have
a working drive anymore.

In my experience, 5.25" floppies are VERY stable, better than 3.5"
floppies.

But, somehow, I don't think they will become the archive media
of choice anytime soon...

And, a little more on-topic, my oldest CD-R is about 10 years
and still going strong.  Although I should start doing wholesale
CD copies sometime soon, to make sure my archives are
still OK.  An extra CD or two on a shelf is cheap insurance.

Although, I have found that an old hard drive sitting on a shelf
may be the best way to keep old files.

Bill

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