SD>TW> But technology moves on and I now use Flash Drives for the tasks I had
SD>TW> assigned to the Tape Drive and larter the Zip Drive.

SD>The bad thing about using flash drive as a primary backup device is that
SD>they have a finite number of read/write cycles and if you don't keep them
SD>"charged" (plugged in every few months), they can
"forget" data.  I don't
SD>use flash drives for anything but temporary storage.

For long term dead storage I think CD/DVD's are the way to go.


SD>--Sean


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