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To: Vroomfondel
"Last time I looked into it, flash was only rated to hold its charge for about 10 years."

In 10 years, you would probably have a difficult time finding a device that's physically compatible with anything we are using to store data on today.(if history is any indicator) Of course, USB and CD type drives have stuck with us for a long time now, so I could be wrong. You'd probably be challenged to now find a new machine with IDE connections.

14 posted on 03/10/2014 9:19:57 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: KoRn

USB has been around long enough that even if it gets replaced there will be readily available adapter units (plug one end into the new type of port, plug a USB cord into the other). At that point, it’ll be time to copy all important files onto the new standard media.


26 posted on 03/10/2014 11:19:06 AM PDT by Aqua Buddhist
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