Hi Denys :)
   Ok... 5 years seems kinda short?  I mean I have music cd's that are still
great after oh... about 13+ years... are you referring to CD-R's?  I was
wondering if they held data less reliably than others???

Art "Being confused as usual :) hehe" Bahrs

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From: Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: Converting tapes to CD rom?


> I have news for you my friend.  CD-ROMs start going bad after 5 years.  CD
is
> definitely not a long term storage solution.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Denys. . .
>
> Denys Beauchemin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:   TRAPP,RICH (Non-A-Loveland,ex1) [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Friday, April 07, 2000 10:51 AM
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> Subject:        Converting tapes to CD rom?
>
> Anyone have any suggestions about long term storage of backups (like 15+
> years)?  We're considering converting old backup tapes to CDROM so we
don't
> loose any data because the tapes go bad.  Anyone have a better idea?
Anyone
> already doing this?  Any third parties?  How much?
>
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