I know that obviously a harddrive would've failed by now, but assuming that there was an effort to backup and such, what do you think?
I know it's a weird hypothetical to engage with, because are we assuming that they otherwise were at the same technological level but just magically had digital storage? Idk, but it's something that has kept popping into my mind for a while now.
Can digital data survive for two, or even one millennia? I kinda lean toward no in almost all cases because it requires constant diligence. I feel like if even one generation lacks the will or the tools to keep the data alive, that's it, game over. That's with wars and all that.
Stuff like papyrus and tablets could get away with being rediscovered. But a rediscovered harddrive doesn't hold any data, though obviously it would blow some archeologist's mind.