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Keeping your data safe

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 – running time 03:32
The gang explains the best way to keep your data safe incase of an emergency. Also, offering solutions for long term data storage.

Watch the rest of this episode of the Tekzilla here.

Highlights
hard drives ( 0:55, 2:11, 2:33, 0:55, 2:11, 2:33 ) USB thumb drive ( 2:15, 2:15 ) New Orleans ( 3:08, 3:08 ) USB ( 1:21, 2:02, 2:36, 1:21, 2:02, 2:36 ) hard drives ( 0:55, 2:11, 2:33, 0:55, 2:11, 2:33 ) USB thumb drive ( 2:15, 2:15 ) New Orleans ( 3:08, 3:08 ) USB ( 1:21, 2:02, 2:36, 1:21, 2:02, 2:36 )

Automatically Generated Transcript(may not be 100% accurate) ( more )

" War. Chris has a precautionary just what Chris does have a great question or or maybe it's just that we live in earthquake country and our country. And well with a lot of at least there's not much in the way of flooding in California and less to live in Southern California couple years ago and crazy but a good point I think back -- of all my crippled and information to a secondary drive my assistant -- burn copies to dvd and a stick that was enough buyers say I've sentry safe 83831. In case of a system crash or worse -- questions first. I know after time certain types distort you can go bad or at least it just to age. I can't seem to get any data off my old commodore 64 floppies feel your pain have a stack of Atari 800 discs that are just. It what is the best storage medium for long term storage of data yes the keys hard drives these these magnetic tapes et cetera. Second. -- the storage media types which would stand the test heat or water that may occur even inside a fire -- in case my house fire thanks Chris integrys. -- months apart keepsakes are actually."

" Really amazing you've seen one like that's intrusive that I don't -- that. If they do a good job up to a point in the case you're century CP 3031 that point is two hours for CDs dvds USB drives and memory sticks and fires up to 1850 degrees. It's -- get the it gets even better most house fires are put out well before the two hour mark about the scope horribly desperately wrong -- the -- out. And the temperatures are generally around 1200 degrees. -- your -- optimize for electronics is that the insulated basically there's so much inflation it. If you keep the internal Temps under a 150 degrees that you -- period. Regular fireproof safe design for paperwork only keeps the temperature around 350 degrees which would -- CDs dvds pretty much anything else and that there. That's a pretty police chief by the way it's 137. Pounds with a look at business classic and it's in it's nice it's it's burly. That is very USB keys and dvds should hold up best the flooding. Magnetic tapes it seriously crowded out to be as we have to watch than before you -- often than not gonna happen hard drives basically that and skip Brandt. -- The USB thumb drive out thoroughly before you plug in it for better get a one system episode 38 and learn how to waterproof -- drive and epoxy you'll be good to go dvds TDs. Just to write them off. Now long term storage archival grade dvds or CDs from Kodak Rico between big names are good idea though I tend to think that hard drives. Should last longer and fury USB thumb drives should be pretty. Our long term tiger. Off site storage though I mean. There's no better -- is the beginning that they got her house and something like Amazon's S three or carbon night or swapping drive with a friend that would somewhere somewhere else nearby is really good idea. Especially living California or say you live in a flood -- somewhere. And there's just no better option than multiple backups of the same data in different just different locations do you see that you know that you have on that hillside in California you know San Francisco collapses an earthquake we all saw what happened in New Orleans maybe you want to swap that even with somebody. On the outside of the country but -- online story. Basically means it's in a bunker protected by people who were paranoia on the level makes us look kind of perky and it opened humanity."

" War. Chris has a precautionary just what Chris does have a great question or or maybe it's just that we live in earthquake country and our country. And well with a lot of at least there's not much in the way of flooding in California and less to live in Southern California couple years ago and crazy but a good point I think back -- of all my crippled and information to a secondary drive my assistant -- burn copies to dvd and a stick that was enough buyers say I've sentry safe 83831. In case of a system crash or worse -- questions first. I know after time certain types distort you can go bad or at least it just to age. I can't seem to get any data off my old commodore 64 floppies feel your pain have a stack of Atari 800 discs that are just. It what is the best storage medium for long term storage of data yes the keys hard drives these these magnetic tapes et cetera. Second. -- the storage media types which would stand the test heat or water that may occur even inside a fire -- in case my house fire thanks Chris integrys. -- months apart keepsakes are actually."

" Really amazing you've seen one like that's intrusive that I don't -- that. If they do a good job up to a point in the case you're century CP 3031 that point is two hours for CDs dvds USB drives and memory sticks and fires up to 1850 degrees. It's -- get the it gets even better most house fires are put out well before the two hour mark about the scope horribly desperately wrong -- the -- out. And the temperatures are generally around 1200 degrees. -- your -- optimize for electronics is that the insulated basically there's so much inflation it. If you keep the internal Temps under a 150 degrees that you -- period. Regular fireproof safe design for paperwork only keeps the temperature around 350 degrees which would -- CDs dvds pretty much anything else and that there. That's a pretty police chief by the way it's 137. Pounds with a look at business classic and it's in it's nice it's it's burly. That is very USB keys and dvds should hold up best the flooding. Magnetic tapes it seriously crowded out to be as we have to watch than before you -- often than not gonna happen hard drives basically that and skip Brandt. -- The USB thumb drive out thoroughly before you plug in it for better get a one system episode 38 and learn how to waterproof -- drive and epoxy you'll be good to go dvds TDs. Just to write them off. Now long term storage archival grade dvds or CDs from Kodak Rico between big names are good idea though I tend to think that hard drives. Should last longer and fury USB thumb drives should be pretty. Our long term tiger. Off site storage though I mean. There's no better -- is the beginning that they got her house and something like Amazon's S three or carbon night or swapping drive with a friend that would somewhere somewhere else nearby is really good idea. Especially living California or say you live in a flood -- somewhere. And there's just no better option than multiple backups of the same data in different just different locations do you see that you know that you have on that hillside in California you know San Francisco collapses an earthquake we all saw what happened in New Orleans maybe you want to swap that even with somebody. On the outside of the country but -- online story. Basically means it's in a bunker protected by people who were paranoia on the level makes us look kind of perky and it opened humanity."