05-05-2004, 05:16 PM
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CD and DVD Rot
How long DO they last is questioned: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/c...7-discrot.html
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05-05-2004, 08:21 PM
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i've always thought in the back of my head that cd's never lasted THAT long...especially burned disc. some of my sony discs chip off the data layer...leaving highly colorful flakes everywhere.
i guess that's why i have back ups of back ups
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05-05-2004, 08:48 PM
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Wowsers... well, hopefully mine that are in cases and sleeves won't ever do that.
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05-05-2004, 09:03 PM
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That's why I back up my data using my hard drive(s) instead.
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05-05-2004, 09:32 PM
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05-05-2004, 09:40 PM
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What's Da Pho*?
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05-05-2004, 11:15 PM
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Either way, my CDs and DVDs generally aren't in direct sunlight... and I don't rub them together. So I guess they would be fine. |
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05-06-2004, 09:16 AM
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Just like old laserdiscs and "laserrot" I've got my CD-Rs/DVD-R's in 200-CD sleeve travel things, vertical, but my originals are in their own jewel boxes, stacked in a rack, laying horizontally... I may have to replace my CD rack.
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05-07-2004, 11:54 AM
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Man, I'm going to be in trouble. In the summer time my room can get to over 100F and I have hundreds of cd's and dvd's stored in the spindles. Guess I have to change something around
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