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CD/DVD Life Span?

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Smash Apprentice
Joined
Aug 15, 2007
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85
My uncle (founder of an online storage site) told me that a USB flash drive would last longer than a DVD.
I think he was talking about how some CDs degrade. I'm hearing that my CDs will only last another 30 years, while some other sites are saying 300.

Is the stuff on my computer and flash drive called "flash memory" while the CD/DVD/Blu-ray is just a bunch lines in a plastic disc?
Should we start backing up our discs now? I think I may want to find an online storage solution. If I put all my files online then they're safe as long as the site stays in business, correct? Can anything online be shared an infinite number of times?

Personally I really don't see the point of spending money to back up my data when there's Mediafire, no matter how convenient my uncle makes his "automatic uploader thingy" sound.
 

Anthony523

Smash Apprentice
Joined
Jun 11, 2009
Messages
88
Location
Pennsylvania
Never and I mean NEVER put personal files such as business things online (at least I wouldn't anyways it's just a waste of money), even if it's in an online storage site, you'd be better off organizing it on your own computer yourself instead of trusting some storage company or if you are wanting to use it for business your workplace should have it's own server with a MASS amount of storage for all of the workers to fill up that you could place info on there.
Flash drives have pretty much replaced normal CDs and Blu-rays have pretty much replaced DVDs.
 
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