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Re: Archive 20GB?

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On 2011-05-25, Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tony wrote:
>
>> Estimate based on any evidence? Or a gut feel?
>
> I've had a couple of boxes of CD-Rs fail after being stored for about 6 
> years.  These weren't cheap chinese store knock-off CD-Rs.  They were 
> stored in air-tight containers and away from sunlight, which is supposed 
> to be the right way of storing optical media.  Granted, not all 50 CD-Rs 
> failed, but a considerable number of them failed, and I was left without 
> any way to recover that data after 6 years.
>
> This case was a personal anecdote which can't possibly be generalized to 
> every case where someone stored information on CD-Rs, let alone DVDs.  
> Yet, this is also a bit beyond the "gut feeling" territory.
>
>
> Rui Maciel

While I don't remember the exact source, I have read that
DVD+/-Rs use a different, much more stable, dye than CD-Rs and
should last much longer.

-- 
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@jacob21819.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)

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Archive 20GB? Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2011-05-23 19:42 +0000
  Re: Archive 20GB? Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us> - 2011-05-23 22:41 -0500
    Re: Archive 20GB? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-24 11:00 +0100
      Re: Archive 20GB? Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> - 2011-05-25 10:32 +0100
  Re: Archive 20GB? David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2011-05-24 08:05 +0200
  Re: Archive 20GB? Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2011-05-24 18:58 +0000
    Re: Archive 20GB? Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> - 2011-05-25 10:32 +0100
      Re: Archive 20GB? Tony <tony@darkstorm.invalid> - 2011-05-25 15:24 +0100
        Re: Archive 20GB? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 15:40 +0100
          Re: Archive 20GB? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-25 17:05 +0100
            Re: Archive 20GB? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 17:55 +0100
            Re: Archive 20GB? Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us> - 2011-05-29 16:56 -0500
          Re: Archive 20GB? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2011-05-26 03:19 +0000
      Re: Archive 20GB? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2011-05-25 07:25 -0700
        Re: Archive 20GB? Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2011-05-25 11:26 -0400
        Re: Archive 20GB? Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> - 2011-05-25 16:34 +0100
          Re: Archive 20GB? Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2011-05-25 11:56 -0400
            Re: Archive 20GB? TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-05-25 20:19 +0200
          Re: Archive 20GB? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2011-05-25 10:23 -0700
        Re: Archive 20GB? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-25 16:58 +0100
        Re: Archive 20GB? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-25 16:13 +0000

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