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
HICOMP
(800) 323-8863  (281) 288-7438         Fax: (281) 355-6879
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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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