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Terrence O'Brien
Friendly reminder to back up your backups.

Threads user innneresting was archiving photos and videos backed up on CDs and DVDs, and encountered an alarming amount of failures. Many of the discs were Verbatim DataLifePlus discs from 2005, advertised to last up to 50 years, and well cared for. You can never have too much redundancy.

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