On 2021 Mar 16, , dsi1 wrote
(in >):

> Let me tell you, I have no idea what's the best way to archive data these
> days. It's certainly not optical drives and magnetic drives or any mechanical
> drives. A short while ago, optical drives were thought to be a good choice
> for long term storage. I got a bunch of CDs and DVDs in folders. My guess is
> that most of the disks are unreadable now. That don't matter much since I
> don't have any optical drives anyway.

Buy a Mac and a cheap external hard drive. Enable Time Machine. That´s
it.