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Switch from MS-DOS 6.21 to Windows DOS Box? (Users)

posted by marcov, 26.04.2014, 14:53

> > Take an image and burn it on DVDs for long term saving,
>
> I've had a few CDs and DVDs rotted in a few years of just sitting on a
> bookshelf.

Good quality optical media stored in good conditions should last 10 years easily, longer than the avg HDD.

Of course the cheapest media kept in a sunny place last shorter.

> I guess, backups need to be copied to new media every 6-12 months.

I think that is overkill. For crucial stuff, better make an extra backup on a media of a different brand to avoid the bad luck of running into a monday morning medium.

One needs more than one backup of critical stuff anyway, offsite. With the current media prices, there is no excuse of not having the more critical data also in the house of a family member in case your house burns down.

(It happened to the inlaws of a good friend, and they were partially lucky when one wall of the house collapsed to the outside, attached to it a shelf with a share of the family fotoalbums)

Complete thread:

• Switch from MS-DOS 6.21 to Windows DOS Box? - CluelessInSeattl, 23.04.2014, 17:17
  • Switch from MS-DOS 6.21 to Windows DOS Box? - RayeR, 23.04.2014, 19:04
  • Switch from MS-DOS 6.21 to Windows DOS Box? - ron, 24.04.2014, 03:44
    • Switch from MS-DOS 6.21 to Windows DOS Box? - Doug, 24.04.2014, 07:49
      • Switch from MS-DOS 6.21 to Windows DOS Box? - marcov, 24.04.2014, 11:13
        • Switch from MS-DOS 6.21 to Windows DOS Box? - alexfru, 24.04.2014, 13:02
          • Switch from MS-DOS 6.21 to Windows DOS Box? - marcov, 26.04.2014, 14:53
            • Switch from MS-DOS 6.21 to Windows DOS Box? - RayeR, 26.04.2014, 17:25
      • Switch from MS-DOS 6.21 to Windows DOS Box? - Doug, 25.04.2014, 20:03
  • Switch from MS-DOS 6.21 to Windows DOS Box? - glennmcc, 01.05.2014, 04:01