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montmorency
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Message 33 of 36

05 September 2012 at 3:03pm | IP Logged

Quite apart from languages, there is a more general problem (which Iversen has touched
on) in "loss" of data because of technology changing. Lots of planning is needed to
decide what do do with data on present technology before it becomes obsolete and too
decrepit to copy to new technology.

Considering that we live in "the information age", it is intriguing to think forward a
few thousand years and wonder, when archaeologists are digging up our detritus, how
much of a our "data" they will be able to read. Not a great deal I suspect. Perhaps
we should go back to carving letters on tablets of stone.

On the other hand, there is a very old chap in our vicinity who has led a project to
rebuild (and get working) a very old computer that was in use at Harwell Lab,
Oxfordshire, a very long time ago (something like 50 years), with great success! But
things like that aren't going to happen too often.

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jerrypettit
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Message 34 of 36

09 September 2012 at 3:59am | IP Logged

I have all of my Supermemo and Anki files based in a Dropbox folder, which automatically
backs up every evening at 9 p.m.

After the initial work of setting things up (not that tough), I'll never need to worry
about losing them again.
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montmorency
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Message 35 of 36

09 September 2012 at 5:48pm | IP Logged

Well, on the subject of CD/DVD backup, there is now this:

http://millenniata.com

So-called "M-Discs".

Whether it is all hype, I don't know, but it seems you'd need a special drive to write
them, but could read back on a conventional CD/DVD drive.

Bit pricey at the moment I gather.
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tennisfan
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Message 36 of 36

10 September 2012 at 8:06pm | IP Logged

Just a small personal update---I got this email a little while ago:

data recovery company wrote:

Thank you for choosing us for your data recovery needs. After our initial diagnosis we're pleased to report that we believe we can recover all of your important data.

In a situation such as this, the recovery begins by extracting a sector-by-sector copy of the entire drive. The resulting "image" of the drive is then forwarded to a recovery engineer who specializes in the software aspects of recovering and repairing critical data files. Additional steps are taken to verify the recovered data, including a complete scan for computer viruses before loading the data to a new drive.

All we need is your approval for us to proceed with the recovery. We look forward to hearing back from you.

So all of my data should be okay. :)

It's going to cost me an arm and a leg, but to me, it's worth it.

I'll sleep a bit easier tonight.

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