Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is what I have decided to do: I have bought Maxtor's, so don't tell me they are no good ;-) On 09/10/2006, at 7:59, Brian Reid wrote: > Nowadays it is easy to make a high-reliability backup. > > Buy a USB or FireWire external drive, copy your files to it, turn > it off, unplug it, and put it in a safe place. Once a year you > should turn it on for a few minutes, and once every 5 to 7 years > you should copy its contents to a new drive. > > I am a believer in the archival properties of Mitsui's > Phthalocyanine/Gold CDs and DVDs, such as those marketed by Kodak, > and I fully expect that the archives and safety copies I have made > on these discs will last long after I am dead, but as long as I am > alive I am also making active backup copies on external hard drives > that are turned off most of the time. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information