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Re: Permanent Storage
said by pog  :Periodically, test the media to make sure everything can still be read. Great advice. Also transfer to new media as it becomes available and stable. I've been witness to the government as well as businesses losing archive data 'cuz there was no longer a way to read the ancient media. Over the next 80 years CDs WILL become obsolete.
A couple examples: Floppy disk drives are becoming harder and harder to find, especially for 5.25 inch disks. Videos of the first few months of your baby's life that are on betamax are lost.
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Sergeant Frank Drebin, Detective Lieutenant Police Squad
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