Hardy and Floppy Disk (SOLVED)

[Ignazio Palmisano]

Neil Winchurst wrote:
> Ignazio Palmisano wrote:
>> Neil Winchurst wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I know that floppies are supposed to be Stone Age now. However, 
>>> my computer came with a floppy drive when it was made for me so I 
>>> decided to use it.
>>>
>>> I have my accounts on GNUCash, which creates a small text file, so I 
>>> keep a copy on a floppy disk as a back up. And it has proved very 
>>> useful more than once. It would be overkill to use a CD or a DVD for it.
>>>
>>
>> I'd not rely on a floppy as backup, they tend(ed) to get scratched or 
>> demagnetized too easily. What about a usb flash stick? They're a lot 
>> more resilient to cell phones :)
>> I.
>>
> 
> I have considered that too. When I asked about it in my local computer 
> shop, (the people who built my computer for me) they said that memory 
> sticks are not meant to be used for back-ups. I know that floppies can 
> be a bit dodgy, so I actually keep two backups on separate disks.

<scratching_head/> usb sticks not good for backup? That doesn't sound 
like a correct argument to me, but it might be that I'm missing some 
useful bit of information. As far as I know, some usb sticks may give 
trouble after some thousands rewrites of the same blocks, but recent 
stuff has embedded algorithms for rotation of sectors, so that should 
not happen, supposing a backup per day writing on the whole usb stick, 
for years. Given that the size involved are less than a couple of megs, 
I'd bet my next salary that floppies are bound to fail before the usb 
drive :) I'd like to know the reason for the recommendation, though, 
just to investigate further into my possible ignorance.
I.