Herbert Graf wrote:

> This used to be a big problem, but as is so common in the media, they
> tend to get a story and stick to it, even if the story has changed LONG
> ago.

Thanks! It's good to hear of your success. I have reused old drives 
quite a few times but I always started by reformatting them and didn't 
try to read old data.

My experience with CD-ROM is similar to yours and the jury is still 
out here on DVD as well.

We have a small network in our house. There's an older PC with a 
dedicated data drive and we use it for backups of daily changes, etc. 
My biggest concern is equipment failure and I think the chances of 
both the main computer disk and the backup server disk going TU at the 
same time is fairly slim. Important stuff gets sent to a computer at 
my office periodically.

Tim

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