Transferring data - but don't trust your media

Norman Silverstone norman at littletank.org
Mon Aug 22 07:31:10 UTC 2005


> An aquaintenance of mine had her only copy of 3 years work stored on a CD, 
> which she then lent to a "friend" who apparently used it as a dinner 
> plate. It came back with grease and scratches.
> 
> I was able to read most of the data (about 95%), but some is gone for 
> ever.  
> 
> CD's are not perfect storage media. 

I don't suppose there is a perfect method of storing data but at least
one can try. I was taught to make two copies of important data and to
store each one in a different place.

Norman





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