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minus-squareMentalEdgelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoObviously. I’m not actually recommending tape drives or optical, but rather that you simply do not leave your drives unpowered for 5+ years straight.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoOptical might actually be an option for the most important data Asterisks asterisks, I know :D Tape drives though…I wish they would be more common and cheap.
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minus-squareMentalEdgelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIt’s not necessarily the spin up that’s the problem, but the fact that a magnetised bit doesn’t last forever.
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minus-squareMentalEdgelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoYes, but hardly because they planned on it. Don’t use unpowered drives to store things! A safe bet is still a bet, data storage should not be a gamble.
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Obviously. I’m not actually recommending tape drives or optical, but rather that you simply do not leave your drives unpowered for 5+ years straight.
Optical might actually be an option for the most important data
Asterisks asterisks, I know :D
Tape drives though…I wish they would be more common and cheap.
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It’s not necessarily the spin up that’s the problem, but the fact that a magnetised bit doesn’t last forever.
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Yes, but hardly because they planned on it. Don’t use unpowered drives to store things! A safe bet is still a bet, data storage should not be a gamble.
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