The error usually occurs beforehand, you should always pack keygens with WinRar, while you burn them you should run all programs and not surf the Internet at the same time.

It is best to save your important files twice on BluRay and SSD and every 5 years you should also copy your BluRay to a new BluRay. You can also save your non-personal data such as sound libraries on external Internet storage such as the free Google Drive, Mega, MediaFire and many others.

Most executable programs and keygens are usually deleted or not accepted by external Internet services, you can also pack all keygens separately with WinRar and burn a DVD etc.!

@macaca, however, you can still get most of them on the Internet, so you have not suffered a total loss.

 

I'm late to the party and I'm not gonna read 8 pages.

My thoughts: SSDs are NOT made for long time (archival) storage. The bits on there are 'trapped' charges that slowly leak when not powered and refreshed by the controller.

And there is that other thing: A data rescue company can get your data from that platter of an HDD in a worst case scenario. In the end it would be a matter of money, but you WILL get your data. You can even get the magnetic charges with an electron microscope when monney is no issue and the platter has not been exposed to the elements. And when the drive isnt that old and they still have the parts you even get your data back for 500 to 1000 bucks.

I'm team HDD (and I have more than one backup of everything, before you call me crazy for mentioning the data rescue stuff)

 

Thats powerd on in data centers. Thats not "I have several 20Tb drives under my kitchen sink"
The SSD won't likely die as long as its powered on and can do its refresh cycles.
It WILL die when not powered on every now and then for several hours.

 

if you want to keep your data fresh, the drives should be in the crisper drawer of your fridge, under the sink is for waxpaper, old tennis shoes, and old porn you don't want your mum to find, label it as "insurance forms 2014 archive" then nobody will pay it any attention.