Re: Hard drives
- From: "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 11:29:45 -0400
Unfortunately, almost all forms of data storage have potential for loss.
CD/DVD disks have questionable life cycles and are always subject
to physical damage that can render them useless. Tape and other
magnetic media has all sorts of possible ways to become damaged.
Using those, you'll always want to have duplicates to raise the chances
of recovery. The more copies you have, the higher the probability
of being protected. For personal finance, etc I actually recommend
that people make "Paper" copies and store in a Bank Lock box. For
Digital data storage I recommend that people store a copy on a USB
Thumb drive and put in their lock box. Thumb drives supposedly are
good for around 10-Years. Most standard safety deposit boxes aren't
wide enough to store CD/DVD disks. (Unless you use those small
form-factor disks).
The Digital age is good in many ways - However, people are adopting
the technology and are not aware of or considering the long term issues
involved. Just watch this newsgroup for postings on lost pictures, music
and other data that vanishes when the drive crashes.
It seems like a whole untapped market, long term - permanent data
storage and recovery.
"Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23Jc4EOXgFHA.1444@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> VCR tapes break down.
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> Hard drive platters and motors wear out.
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> DVD media "seems" to be the most durable of the media for now. You
> should make two copies of each of your "video collection". One will
> become your DVD master disk. From this master, you can then generate
> multiple copies which you would use day to day.
>
> There still is not a "forever" media.
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> "anon" <ngr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:dae0rn$vn3$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I know this is going to end up being slightly off topic in here, but part
>>of
>> the question(s) do relate to computers and I am hoping someone mature can
>> either
>> offer help and advice or offer a sensible re-direction for the question.
>> (apologies for cross-posting too)
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>> I am hoping that there is an engineer out there with knowledge of DVD
>> recorders (the boxes which are replacing VCR's) and computer hardware.
>>
>> I am looking for a more reliable way to secure my video collection as
>> video
>> deteriorates and I have heard DVD is not long-term reliable. This is
>> where
>> the hard drives come in to the equation.
>>
>> I am told that the hard drives used are the same as those in desktop PC's
>> but that has yet to be confirmed by a reliable source. However, assuming
>> that it is the case I am wondering if they can be connected to a PC too.
>> I have heard a rumor about windows media edition being able to store
>> direct
>> video, but I have no idea as to the quality.
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>> The main question I am driving at is whether the hard drives used in
>> these
>> machines are the same as for PC's.
>>
>> Here's why I am asking...
>>
>> I have had several video recorders which have only lasted a year, and
>> want
>> to get something that is going to last long-term. ...well a bit longer
>> anyway.
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>> I am quite conversant in computers - being able to build from scratch and
>> programming, and use a piece of software called Norton Ghost to take an
>> image of a PC hard drive immediately on purchase so that in the event of
>> a
>> hard drive failure - I can quickly replace the drive with a new one and
>> reinstate the original operating system on it.
>>
>> I know PC drives use different filesystems such as Ext2, Fat16, Fat32,
>> NTFS
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>> My questions are:
>> a) are the hard drives the same as in computers? (ie the desktop pc's -
>> not
>> laptops)
>> b) can they be imaged on purchase by a PC so that I can replace and
>> reinitialise them myself?
>> c) can they be removed and connected to a PC so that favourite programs
>> can
>> be moved to another drive?
>> d) Is it feasible that one-day the hard drives in the DVD recorders will
>> be
>> in a shuttle so that recording to a DVD is not actually required for
>> long-term storage? (given that I am told DVD media has a lifespan of 20
>> years)
>> e) What is my best option for long-term reliability & storage of video.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any feedback.
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