14 Mar
2005
14 Mar
'05
11:21 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Leonard" <trixter at oldskool.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:24 AM
Subject: Re: Longevity of DVD-R and CD-R (Was MagTapes)
Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
media? I
It sounds like the only way to deal with this is
to store
disk in an innert environment. N2 or argon are reasonable
options. Only expose the disk to UV and O2 when actually
used to recover data. They should last for 1000's of years
this way.
Am I the only one here who has never had a problem with CDR and DVD-R burned my very first CD in 1995 and I can still read
it. I keep all my
CDs in
closed CD folders in a dry environment. I keep
wondering if people who
have
CDRs that exhibit "bitrot" have them in a
humid environment, exposed to
direct
light or something.
--
Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org)
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I think the only CDR's I had go bad were one I got careless in during use
(leaving them out where the cats can scratch them). My first burner was a
$1000+ HP 4020i way back in the middle 90's and CDs burned during that time
still read fine ($6-7 a cd back then too).
I used to get crazy with Stick-it-Right labels on the cd's (have the gold
color under the paper). I keep most of the older CDs in CD audio books, but
the one burned in 2000+ are usually just stacked in the spindles they came
in (most with paper labels some without).