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From: Arny Krueger on 7 May 2008 10:36
"Mike Rivers" <mrivers(a)d-and-d.com> wrote in message
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>> You don't need to lose the data. The drives are so
>> cheap you get a second one and mirror the data !



> That's part of the annoyance. I have to get the second
> drive, connect it, transfer the data, label it, then
> store it,

No biggie. You don't even have to crack the case of your PC, or avoid your
laptop. Just get one of those USB-to-PATA&SATA adaptors for about $30.

> and wonder if the rumors that a drive that's
> not been run for a couple of years won't start up because
> lubricants have gone sticky.

Been a long time since that was a problem.

> I haven't heard that story
> for years, but one never nows.

One never knows for sure about *any* backup medium.

I recdently went through a stack of archived hard drives, and they were all
still operation. They were in the 10 GB range, so you can guess how old they
were.

> I just put tape on the shelf and it plays 50 years later
> - maybe not as good as new, but at least it plays and I
> can find it easily.


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