15 Mar
2006
15 Mar
'06
2:12 p.m.
John Foust wrote:
At 03:22 PM 3/15/2006, Chuck Guzis wrote:
That got me curious as to how long a hard disk would survive (well, at least
the data surfaces such that the data could be recovered) in a fire safe -
anyone know?
I've never tried heating a disk platter to see what happens...
cheers
Jules
Securing something in a 4-hour safe on-site will
rarely protect
any computer storage media for very long if a fire breaks out.
To put it another way, the average office safe is rated as to
how long it will keep paper from combusting, not for how
long before a CD-R or DVD won't survive...