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Comment Re:Give 'em a little help (Score 1) 3

by accet87 (#40727429) Attached to: Storing items in a sealed chest for 25 years

I dont think CD/DVD etc will be usable. Even if the data is retained, reading it in 2037 may be a challenge.

So put a small laptop in the chest. Maybe without the battery, lest it leak...if the folks in 2037 can't supply a DC voltage, they're pretty much screwed anyway.

Thanks for the suggestion. If we are putting in a laptop we might as well store the data in the hard disk; I am told that a SATA drive would be safe.

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accet87 writes: "We are celebrating the Silver Jubilee of our graduation next month and have come up with an idea where we will build an air-tight chest in which each of us will deposit something and will open the chest only on our Golden Jubilee, i,e, after another 25 years. I want to understand what kind of items can be safely stored for 25 years and what kind of precautions are required to be taken. I am sure things like paper, non ferrous metallic objects, wood etc will hold good.
What about data storage elecronically? I dont think CD/DVD etc will be usable. Even if the data is retained, reading it in 2037 may be a challenge."

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