Backups

[smurfyou]

Originally Posted by audiolex1

https://www.cdfinder.de

I can just search for a project title and I'll know what drive it is on.

Oh yeah I used that many years ago. Didn't realize it was still around. Thanks.

[audiolex1]

Originally Posted by smurfyou

Oh yeah I used that many years ago. Didn't realize it was still around. Thanks.

Its called Neofinder now and has a whole lot more features now. And you can import your old databases as well.

[moogboy100]

Originally Posted by dominicperry

I forgot to mention - SSD isn't a very reliable long-term storage medium, unless you plug the disk in and let it "refresh" every six months or so. The charge in the cells fades away and suddenly the data gets corrupted.

I plugged in an SSD that was untouched for 4 years, and was surprised to see it was just fine.

[audiolex1]

Originally Posted by moogboy100

I plugged in an SSD that was untouched for 4 years, and was surprised to see it was just fine.

Yeah, that is likely to be the case. But SSD's have capacitors that lose their charge over time effecting how the cells retain the data.

It was something the DUC power house Darryl Ramm mentioned, I think, in a post here.

Everything I've read about SSD is they are NOT suitable long turn storage. HDD is much cheaper and reliable. Especially when it is just for backup.
I pulled old data off an OLD IDE drive that had not been spun up since 2000 and was a drive from 1999.
It was noisy but worked just fine.

[smurfyou]

Originally Posted by audiolex1

Its called Neofinder now and has a whole lot more features now. And you can import your old databases as well.

Downloaded, cheers