Comment on If I wanted to bury a hard drive for archival purposes (e.g. Country becoming Dictatorship), how to keep the contents from being damaged and where is the safest place to bury it?

soyboy77@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The standard (and tested for decades) answer is tape.

  M-Disc might also be an alternative.

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  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Tape needs to be stored in a controlled environment. Heat and humidity can degrade tapes. Usually you’d transfer the data to a new tape every 5 to 10 years just to be safe.

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  • soyboy77@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    tnx for the reply, I suspected as much.

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