Best Option For Long Term Storage?

Andrew_319 · Oct 10, 2017

So I need to store video clips that I have for personal reasons. I currently am storing them on a Hard Drive. Now I want to be able to view these for years, maybe even decades. My main idea was a Hard drive. I know I would need to Format the drive and put everything back on it every like 2 years and such. Later on I would also move the files from Drive to Drive as well, such as moving it to a SSD for example down the road, and to what ever is new after that. What I really need to know is what Hard drive for right now is a good option? I want it to be around 500 GB and less. I will store the videos on different hard drives as I need so if anything was to happen to one drive, not everything would be lost. Also for bonus questions... I know file types will come and go, but do you think .wmv will be around much longer and should I compress my videos with Winrar, or will I not be able to access them without it?

tlalotoani · Oct 10, 2017

Not an expert, but I have read something about it.
If you want to be sure you would not have data loss, you have to store your files in 3 (three) diferent places (at the same time), either external HDD, Cloud service, DVD or Bluray, you name it.
You could play it with 2 (two) but chances of data loss increases.

I personally use 2 HDD for my personal videos and images, and 3 for the very important files from my job.

Windwalker95 · Oct 11, 2017

I recall hearing that the data can sometimes 'decay' when on a HDD for a long time span.

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