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Originally Posted by Neil
Do you sometimes burn it to a DVD or CD as well just in case? I would not trust just a portable hard drive for something that important.
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Yes Neil.
Every thing is backed up to DVD and on a 16gig memory stick as well.
I've backup DVD's all over the house, some are locked in a filing cabinet in the library.
One thing for all DVD & CD users, watch where you store them, when you write to these disks, the laser changes the colour of the dye on the disk.
I tried an experiment, left a disk on the window ledge for a week, and it was unusable, even the plastic boxes you get DVD's in wont protect them for long in bright light.
Experts reckon the life of a CD or DVD is around 5 years, checked some backups I've had for 6 years in a drawer, & there Ok.
Retlaw