Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, Will the new "blue ray DVD's make the DVD's used today obsolete in the near future? Dennis On Jun 5, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Brian Reid wrote: > >> Remember you can?t rely on hard drives. Despite the fact that the >> cost/GB >> is extremely attractive, drives do have a relatively high failure rate > > Only if you leave them turned on. If you turn them off most of the > time, only spinning them up sporadically, they will last a long time. > The whole trick to using hard drives for long-term storage is to keep > them in an airtight box and not in a computer. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >