Digital BW, The Print

I feel like I am stirring a hornets nest.

:)

  "You don't seem to be comparing like with like."  

 Actually, one cannot compare 'like with like' since the essential
components of HDs are not made of gold. I have 4 computers at home for
me and the family. We have at least one HD failure a year amongst the
4. (Each has 2 HDs---one is for ghosting)
 The whole point of the posts I've read of Howard's is that gold is
the 'archival standard' since it will not degrade unlike other
materials. (His own experience and testing thus far verify that.) It
is highly unlikely that a HD stored under any conditions will outlive
a gold cd or dvd. 
  I went to the Mitsui website. It states, "The MAM DVD is offered as
the long awaited companion to the MAM Archive Grade™ Gold CD-R, which
has an expected lifetime of 300 years and has earned a reputation as
the highest quality storage media available today."
 Hard to believe that a company of the stature and reputation of
Mitsui would be blatantly posting a fabrication on their website
regarding lifespan without being sued.  Even if they are off by 200
years....the media should last for 100 years.
 Bottom line: it would seem that none of us will be around when gold
media starts to fail. 
  Just my 2 cents.
  After reading this thread, I will most certainly use gold media for
my data storage.
 Best to all,
 Ginny
  


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost"
<bob@...> wrote:
>
> Howard,
> 
> > I don't advise using HDs for long-term storage. We have suffered a
> > myriad of HD losses during the same time period.
> 
> But do you leave the backup HDs running all the time? You don't
leave the 
> CDs spinning all the time. You don't seem to be comparing like with
like. I 
> store some of my backup HDs, and just refresh them occasionally.
> 
> bob Frosl.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "how786" <how786@...>
>