1990s Archival Hard Drives Failing

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Jim Fogle
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1990s Archival Hard Drives Failing

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Here is a link to an article where an archival company is warning everyone that hard drives are not for forever storage. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09 ... are-dying/
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The solution is to, always, periodically back everything up in multiple places. There is no such thing as permanent storage. This goes for digital and analog.
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This is why the cloud is here to stay.
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