Re: Softdisk

["Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@attglobal.net>]

"Bruce Baker" <Bruce.Baker@juge.com> wrote in message
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> hmmm, no empirical reason except 3.5 is newer technoplogy I suppose.  They
LOOK
> like they will last longer, heh.
>
> Bruce

Bruce, as best I know EVERY technology we use today has a limited "shelf
life". I would not expect 3.5 disks to last, on average, materially longer
than a 5.25 because the data density is so much greater on a 3.5. If
anything I would, on average, expect the reverse to be true. But I am just
guessing!

Somebody else in this thread mentioned the lifetime of CD-R's.

The bottom line is that you should probably make it a policy to make fresh
copies of EVERYTHING every couple of years. I would rotate at least two
backup sets and then plug in a replacement disk as the originals go bad.

It goes without saying that it is easier to make copies of one or two CD-R's
than to make copies of 500+ floppies. <g>

Tom Zuchowski