There are a number of discussions here on long term storage of digital images, etc. Different folk have different requirements.
Just out of curiosity, I was wondering how much of the stuff you consider important now, images and the like, are, say, more than five years old?
I have some bmp files dated feb 1995, but I know I have some older ones somewhere, and some text files dated 1989. The text files were written, iirc using wordperfect, I can read them fine in notepad, but the formatting is lost. No real effort has been made to keep these, just copied over to hdds, as my pc's have been upgraded. I have much earlier stuff on paper tape, I expect...., plus 5 1/4 floppies, cassette tape and the like.
So, in 20 years time, where will your images be? Will you be able to use them? What age are the oldest files you use now?
Best wishes,
Ray
Just out of curiosity, I was wondering how much of the stuff you consider important now, images and the like, are, say, more than five years old?
I have some bmp files dated feb 1995, but I know I have some older ones somewhere, and some text files dated 1989. The text files were written, iirc using wordperfect, I can read them fine in notepad, but the formatting is lost. No real effort has been made to keep these, just copied over to hdds, as my pc's have been upgraded. I have much earlier stuff on paper tape, I expect...., plus 5 1/4 floppies, cassette tape and the like.
So, in 20 years time, where will your images be? Will you be able to use them? What age are the oldest files you use now?
Best wishes,
Ray