Preventing Bit Rot
Sep 1, 2018 · 7 min read

I worry about data decay. A lot. Already I have a few hundred corrupt .jpgs on my hard drive which standard file system check programs like CHKDSK (used in Microsoft Windows) have been unable to find or fix.
The problem has two main causes: 1) physical media losing its magnetic orientation and strength (this is the kind of problem that CHKDSK and the underlying file system usually excel in finding and fixing), and 2) error-prone…

