I took a lot of photos with a lot of people during the late 90’s. I wonder if those backup CDs in storage are still good.

  • Carmakazi@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Floppies are particularly vulnerable to decay from my understanding.

    I found a box of 8-12 disks a few years ago and exactly none of them were readable. That’s probably bad luck but…

    • NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net
      2·
      1 month ago

      It’s unfortunately the same case for Tapes and VCRs, those thin plates and strips can be wiped by a reasonably stout magnet