I was recently looking at an article from Consumer Reports.
They recommended the best way to backup personal data and photos is to CD or DVD.
They fail to mention the expected life of CD-R's and DVD-R's is only a few years. :thinking:
I wonder how many people have lost data by depending on optical storage? :mecry:
I personally practice backups to a couple external hard drives. One at home, one in my bank lockbox. This is based on experts who say magnetic backup is best. Even if the HD crashes, the data can be recovered.
Consumer Reports has good information, but I have found their recommendations should not be taken as Gospel.
They recommended the best way to backup personal data and photos is to CD or DVD.
They fail to mention the expected life of CD-R's and DVD-R's is only a few years. :thinking:
I wonder how many people have lost data by depending on optical storage? :mecry:
I personally practice backups to a couple external hard drives. One at home, one in my bank lockbox. This is based on experts who say magnetic backup is best. Even if the HD crashes, the data can be recovered.
Consumer Reports has good information, but I have found their recommendations should not be taken as Gospel.