Salvage old tapes
restore a tape by copying (dubbing)
"Even
if magnetic tapes are also subject to
degradation, they're still the superior
storage media."
IBM
Deutschland physicist and storage expert
Kurk Gerecke explaining how tapes may
last 30 years, while burnable CDs fade
after only 2 in a PC World
article, "Do Burned CDs Have
a Short Life Span?" |
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Dub.
"Dubbing"
means, among other things, making a re-recording
from an old recording. Even after a tape starts
to play fuzzy in the Walkman, you can, usually,
dub a clear copy by placing the bad tape in the
tape deck's left player, a blank good new tape in
the right player, and pressing "Dub Normal
Speed." |
"Hard
disk drives also don't last as long as
most people think. "
A article by Silicon Valley
data recovery firm ITS on how the
mechanical components and time-sensitive
technology of the hard disk drive make
even a 3-5 year lifespan
"questionable." |
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