How do I keep my files safe for years ? (Not in the computer)?

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Enumaerash

I want to know how people who are really good in computer
keep their files for years.


I've got like 600GB of files that I want to keep safe
for decades.
I have one 400GB External Drive,
2 Portable Hard Drives, one is 20GB and the other is 80GB.

I thought that if I just get a external drive everything will be
simple. Before I burned cds than rw-dvds.
But it tooked so long and needed bunch of cds.
Even with the external drive there was problems.
First sometimes the external drive doesn't show up
in my computer.
After all with the connection problem I could lose the files
even if it didn't got erased.
I also heard that all the files could just get deleted somehow.
Do I have to get 2 external drives and save all the same files
in both to prevent the problem ?
And after about every 5 years I have to buy 2 external drives
or all the files could get deleted ?

Answer
You actually already have the right idea. The best place to store such large amounts of data would be on external hard drives. They are the easiest media sources that are still easy enough to deal with for the average home user. As long as you're dealing with technology you are going to have little issues here and there with cables, connections, drives not showing up, but if you can work your way through those issues and see that all of your data has been copied to the drive, then you are good to go.

I would make sure that all of this important data isn't on just 1 hard drive. That drive could get dropped, smashed, come in contact with a magnet, be involved in a fire...etc. It would wise to have it on 2 different hard drives in different locations.

And lastly, no media source is going to stay in tact forever. It is a good idea to copy all those files again to another set of hard drives in about 5 years. By then, hard drives will probably continue to drop in price anyway.

This will probably be the cheapest and easiest method.

What games will run on this Desktop with these Specs?

Frances_07

My father brought me a present for this Christmas and I'll be receiving it in January 2009.

It's a desktop. What games will run on this PC?

(I copied these from the email he sent me)

CPU Specs

Processor: Intel® Core⢠i7-965 Extreme 3.2 GHz 8MB Cache

Power Supply: Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply

Graphics Processor: Dual 2GB GDDR5 ATI® Radeon® HD 4870 X2 with CrossFireX⢠and Quad GPU Technology w/ AlienAdrenaline v1.0: Video Performance Optimizer

Memory: 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 2048MB

Motherboard: Alienware® Approved Intel® X-58 Motherboard- Socket 1366 Core i7 Ready, Dual Triple Channel DDR3 Memory

Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1

System Drive: 600GB (2 x 300GB) Velociraptor SATA 3.0Gb/s 10,000RPM 2 x 16MB Cache

Optical Drives: 4x Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BD-RE, DVD±RW, CD-RW)

*Killer K1 Gaming Network Interface Card
*High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio

HARDWARE

Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 30" 3008WFP
2560 x 1600p

Speakers: Razer Mako⢠2.1 300-Watt THX®-Designed Gaming Speaker System

Keyboard: Logitech® G15 Keyboard

Mouse: Razer Lachesis⢠4000dpi Laser Gaming Mouse

External Hard Drive: 320GB 2.5" USB 2.0 Maxtor BlackArmor⢠Portable Hard Drive

I'm not a computer whiz so please if you can kindly list some great games that will work on this so I can buy them while they're on sale. :D
For those who are curious about the price.. It costs 11,633.20 USD (Don't know how to make dollar sign)

Thanks for all the answers!! The best answer will be picked tomorrow :)

*Too much excitement. :D

Answer
oh man! that is the ideal pc for gaming.
you can run any game on very high with that pc.
so enjoy and play anything you like.
NO COMPROMISES!!!

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