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New Thu 23 Nov 17 13:07 
 Old VHS tapes - No FM2R
>> And if you really treasure it, copy it to disk while it's still working.

But don't make the mistake of thinking that they last forever either, because they don't. 10 years ish? I think is about it.

A VHS tape, for example, will start deteriorating but will not fail. So the picture will get worse and worse, but may well be watchable for 25 years or more. And, of course, that loss is not recoverable. The more often it is used, the more quickly it will fail.

A hard disk or optical disk will not show deterioration in the same way, but once it stops working, its gone. Ideally the data needs to be periodically rewritten - that can even include simply copying from one place to another.



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