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• TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Backing up personal data, mostly stuff from my childhood that is irreplacable. Sure, I could just put them on a HDD, but then I’d have to replace it every 5-10 years. Data stored on Blu-ray can last a long time.

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  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Data on hard drives also generally lasts a long time. Much longer than 5-10 years.

    And make sure you’re constantly monitoring those discs, disc rot is very much a thing for all optical medica.

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    • ag10n@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      MDiscs are ISO rated for hundreds to thousands of years.

      ecma-international.org/…/ECMA-379_3rd_edition_jun…

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      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Rated for, but that doesn’t mean they’re all actually manufactured to that standard.

        CDs were rated for like 50+ years originally I think. We found out real quick that was an optimistic number, especially when you buy the cheapest thing around.

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    • obinice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Assuming the drive spins back up after being left in a cupboard for 15 years, if you’re still even able to find a computer compatible with whatever cables it used back then. But yeah.

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      • orangeboats@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If proper SATA ever goes away, I’d wager that there will still be SATA-to-USB adapters on sale. Heck, people still find ways to connect floppy drives to their modern PCs.

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      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Whose to say you’d have a computer compatible with the disc and the drive in 15 years?

        And even if the platters are irreparably stuck you could go to a data recovery service and still pull the files off that way.

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