Joseph, How long is a piece of string? As I understand, the time it will last depends on the quality of the disc, the more expensive the longer they last, at least in theory. Anything from 2 to 10 years. I also believe that Rewritables retain data for an even shorter period of time - maybe up to 5 years.
I don't really know about DVDs but I suspect that are not a lot different in this respect to CDs. I use a usb stick, an external Hard Drive and also MS Spaces (on-line storage) Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk New Blog: Open Legacy Family File with Open Office View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:48:10 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Backing Up Legacy Files > > > > No, Disc, CD and DCD are to me one and the same. When speaking of a > hard drive (or HD), that's the term I use. Sorry for the misunderstanding. > > When you say long term, just how long is long term, short term... etc? > Maybe a place online... a storage place. Don't they have those? And > they should be hard drives (HD) > > > > > ronald ferguson wrote: >> Joseph, >> >> I'm afraid your message is not clear. Initially you mention CDs and DVDs for >> storage and then refer to disc. by which I take it you mean hard drives. >> >> Respecfully, I would suggest the neither CDs nor DVDs are suitable for long >> term storage. As well as the potential problems which have been mentioned >> elsewhere in this thread, they loose their retentive properties over time >> (just like me). >> >> >> Ron Ferguson >> >> _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail on your mobile. Text MSN to 63463 now! http://mobile.uk.msn.com/pc/mail.aspx Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
