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Gear / Technical Help => Photo / Video Recording => Topic started by: Chuck on May 18, 2012, 04:56:45 PM

Title: Are flash drives good for archiving?
Post by: Chuck on May 18, 2012, 04:56:45 PM

I'm trying to arrange and store old photos etc... An 8GB flash drive can hold a lot of my photos. Are they considered safe for archiving?

Title: Re: Are flash drives good for archiving?
Post by: Gordon on May 18, 2012, 11:55:50 PM

nothing is safe without more than one copy ;)  for pictures I like to have them online somewhere as a "backup to my backups".

that said I've never had a flash drive go bad but like anything they can.

Title: Re: Are flash drives good for archiving?
Post by: genesisoh on May 19, 2012, 01:29:59 AM

Probably the biggest danger with flash drives is losing them (they are so small).  I would definitely make another copy as well.