[list] [ale] Need advice on home back-up solution

[David Corbin]

On Sunday 28 September 2003 17:51, Geoffrey wrote:
> David Corbin wrote:
> >>>Tapes are not really very good long-term storage.  I often run into
> >>>trouble trying to read a tape that wasn't "just written".
> >>
> >>Define 'just written'?
> >
> > Anything older than a week, is not "just written".  Mind you, this is
> > over the course of many years of working with tapes, but not recently. 
> > And I'm not saying the majority, just that it happens often enough.
>
> I would say that if you've got tapes that don't last more than a week,
> you've got a lousy tapes or some other problem.  I've re-read tapes that
> were over a year old.  Tape failure within a couple weeks just shouldn't
> happen.


You're right, it shouldn't.  But it does.  In my experience, tapes ARE 
fragile.    I've stopped using tapes (as you noticed).

-- 
David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com>