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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
Proper data retention techniques would suggest that you need to manage your media lifecycle as well - in the case of floppies or zip drives, for example, there was a window of time where most people relying on those technologies had access to both the old media and a new media format.
File formats are another important consideration - many formats are documented and could be re-implemented on current systems, but many others are a black hole of information about specifications, and if you can't make sense of the file format or run a legacy app on a future system, you are a bit hooped.
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That's why for a backup, we print a copy every document we have.
Never need to upgrade a box of files!