Le 18/01/2023 à 16:05, Rainer Weikusat via Dng a écrit :
> Lastly, I've recently read the manufacturer's (HP) disclaimer on the box
> of a USB stick. It's specifically disclaimed that data written to it can
> ever be read back again and users are remained that they should always
> have a backup on another medium.

    Beyond experience, have we an idea of what manufacturers disclaim
about spinning disks?

    As I already wrote carved marble and bronze preserve data pretty
long, and so does also written or printed paper, but massive storage
technologies suffer from a much shorter durability.

--     Didier