Tom, >Have you tried to find a 5 1/4" drive to read an old disk lately, or worse one of those old 8" (if that's what they were)? >> Digital computer files should last indefinitely .. provided you have a good backup policy. A good backup policy has to include copying backups onto media that can be read by current technology computers when changing to systems that do no longer recognize the original media. Cheers Peter -----Original Message----- From: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Schofield Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 20:22 To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [LRFlex] Re: leicareflex Digest V2 #132 Have you tried to find a 5 1/4" drive to read an old disk lately, or worse one of those old 8" (if that's what they were)? Tom Schofield Peter Werner <pwerner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: David, > I am still concerned over the permenance issues of digital shots, but keep > hoping improvements will be made on this front. Digital computer files should last indefinitely, longer than color slides or negatives provided you have a good backup policy. So what is your problem? Cheers, Peter Werner _____ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/mobile/*http:/mobile.yahoo.com/ learn/mail> Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.