But, when you consider things, most people wouldn't have seen what we consider a "hard drive" for probably 40-50 years, if not more. By that time, computers will probably be the size of, if not smaller than a 1999 hard drive. The computer in the time capsule will probably seem like the ENIAC does to those who are accustomed to today's compact desktops and laptops. I just thought of something else: Is a modern, voice-coil-driven (heads) hard drive even alignable? The old drives with the stepper were, but they usually operated on the principle of a floppy drive (in the way the heads moved, at least). In a modern drive, if the heads would somehow "un-align", all you would normally have done is get the data rescued, reformat the drive, and put everything back on, or, what *most* (not necessarily people on this list) people would do, is just get the data rescued (if their job, or life, depended on what was on the drive), trash the mis-aligned drive, buy a new one, and re-install everything. -- -Jason Willgruber (roblwill(a)usaor.net) ICQ#: 1730318 <http://members.tripod.com/general_1> -----Original Message----- From: Sam Ismail &lt;dastar(a)ncal.verio.com&gt; To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers &lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt; Date: Sunday, January 17, 1999 7:34 PM Subject: Re: Disasters and Recovery dastar(a)siconic.com ---