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Never leave your backups sitting on a shelf! I have rotating backups that I do every month or so (as well as incremental after I do a lot of work).... periodically I erase the oldest one and use it again for new things. And at least once, the old backup didn't work -- so I just tossed the disk out. This means that I never archive things, they are always live... but with a 250 gig drive running less than $60 now, it's really not that much money considering how much work I put into my digital world. (I'm waiting for another TB of disk to show up in the mail....) On 1/3/07, scott@dreamstate.to <scott@dreamstate.to> wrote: > Any idea how long the hard-drives last sitting on a shelf? > > Cheers, > Scott M2 > > http://www.dreamSTATE.to > ambientelectronicsoundscapes > http://www.THEAMBiENTPiNG.com > > > Kris et al. > > > > Just a bit of a heads up regarding CDRs (& CDRWs): they don't hold up > > well to the ravages of time and studies have placed their estimated > > shelf life at less than 10 years with many folks finding the cheap > > CDR(W)s may not last half that long. This is a big deal for archival > > purposes as it renders CDR(W)s completely useless for reliable long > > term storage. > > > > This probably isn't an issue for small runs of albums for demo > > purposes or to pass among friends, but I wouldn't expect to find a > > functional CDR buried in the attic twenty years later. > > > > The best solution I've found so far is to store master copies of all > > my work on hard discs. Some folks use a system wherein they buy a new > > (small, not these 200GB models) hard disk for each new album project. > > They do all their recording & mastering, burn CDs, then pull the drive > > out, label it, and stick it on a shelf. > > > > The cheaper option is to periodically (every two years or so) reburn > > your CDR(W)s so you've always got a few fresh ones around. > > > > Todd > > > > > > On 1/2/07, Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote: > >> > >> > >> That's the case for DiskFaktory as well. That's part of the reason why > >> the > >> price is so reasonable. I don't mind it. I'm finished with glass > >> mastered > >> CDs, and only my first looping CD was glass-mastered (I obtained no > >> benefit > >> from the extra cost). I haven't found a person yet who can't play my > >> CD-Rs, > >> and they look no different than the glass mastered (silver bottomed, > >> etc). > >> > >> Kris > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Michael Peters > >> To: Loopers Delight > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 1:53 PM > >> Subject: RE: cheap cd publishing no min. > >> > >> > >> > The price looks good to me. $1.60 a CD for the color printing, >shrink > >> warpping, UPC code, etc? I haven't seen a price lower than this for a > >> short > >> run outfit. Even when I did a large run of 500 glass mastered CDs > >> through > >> another company, the cost was still $2.40 a CD > >> > >> > >> I doubt that they really do CDs - I think what they're doing is CDRs. > >> > >> > >> -Michael > > > -- /t http://ax.to ......... extreme NY arts and music calendar http://ax.to/tr ....... my secret little little... http://ax.to/radio ... my little radio station (on intermittently)