Re: How to digitize precious photos?

On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 19:50:00 GMT, "Jeremy" <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"bob" <not@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:Xns96E69A6CB3430j123w123x123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Ron Hunter <rphunter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:fEO_e.5427$wg7.1488
>> @fe06.lga:
>>
>>> I have old floppy disks with pictures from over 25 years ago. I can
>>> still read them on my current computer.
>>
>> I went through a box of old floppies (maybe 75 or 100) and copied them to
>> hard-drive recently. They ranged from 10 to 15 years old. I think about
>> 85%
>> of them read correctly. Of the 15% with problems, maybe 1/3 or 1/4 had
>> completely failed; the rest I could read some information, but not all.
>>
>> We recently discovered some CD-Rs from 1993. I was able to read them
>> successfully.
>>
>> Bob
>
>Your experience with failed files underscores just how unreliable it is to
>rely upon digital media for long term archiving. To lose 15% of images over
>a 25-year time span is just unacceptable.

These were files on floppies, which were never considered suitable for
long-term file storage. A 15% loss rate isn't bad for 10-15 year old
floppies.

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