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<blockquote data-quote="§am" data-source="post: 133172" data-attributes="member: 9187">I still have access to working 5.25&quot; drive and some media which still works on it!!I have no idea why I need it but it's nice to know that more then a decade (maybe even two) later, it still works <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />One of the companies I worked for had to install a virtual server in their data centre just so they could read archived data from tape technology the company had deemed end of technical life.&nbsp; A good thing too, as it was used in anger (so to speak) in a court case after a public inquiry into a fatal train crash.USB may not be a standard in years to come, but I would suspect that as we trundle through this technological age, we will no doubt bring our past digital memories into the newer world.As another example, I copied all my old pictures from a 640MB drive to a 500GB drive, and that was all later transferred (along with all the other photos on the new drive) to a 2TB drive, and I know that in a few months that will be going onto a 4TB drive....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="§am, post: 133172, member: 9187"] I still have access to working 5.25" drive and some media which still works on it!! I have no idea why I need it but it's nice to know that more then a decade (maybe even two) later, it still works :) One of the companies I worked for had to install a virtual server in their data centre just so they could read archived data from tape technology the company had deemed end of technical life. A good thing too, as it was used in anger (so to speak) in a court case after a public inquiry into a fatal train crash. USB may not be a standard in years to come, but I would suspect that as we trundle through this technological age, we will no doubt bring our past digital memories into the newer world. As another example, I copied all my old pictures from a 640MB drive to a 500GB drive, and that was all later transferred (along with all the other photos on the new drive) to a 2TB drive, and I know that in a few months that will be going onto a 4TB drive.... [/QUOTE]

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