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| From | ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) |
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| Newsgroups | it.comp.hardware.cd, nl.comp.dvd-branden, comp.publish.cdrom.hardware, rec.video.dvd.misc, it.comp.hardware.dvd, alt.comp.periphs.cdr |
| Subject | Re: DVDs are worse than CDs |
| Date | 2025-11-10 01:16 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <10erede$3m8bm$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <e03ec914-2ba4-4567-9c79-f8d103a9c2c7@irrt.De> <10eotmg$302if$3@dont-email.me> <b8f80507-8d84-32ed-9daf-fa2217dbd26c@irrt.De> |
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In alt.comp.periphs.cdr Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <Spamassassin@irrt.de> wrote:
> Dear Ant(Dude):
> I am pleasantly surprised that this thread got more than its original
> post, as these newsgroups are inactive! Thanks ever so much for replying!
> Ant kindly wrote:
> |--------------------------------------------------------|
> |"Even my many of my old 650 MB CD and CDRWs still work!"|
> |--------------------------------------------------------|
> Good! Do all of them still work? What brands of discs and burners are
> they? Are they all gold CDs?
Most of them. Not gold. One of the 650 MB is a Sony brand.
> I tend to avoid rewritable discs. Maybe I do not need to be so cautious.
I like reuse my medias. I want to get rid of them so I use them to wear them. Eventually, they don't work.
> Ant kindly wrote:
> |------------------------------------------|
> |"Also, |
> |do many back ups on many storage devices."|
> |------------------------------------------|
> Good advice!
> However, I wrote:
> ####################################################################
> #"E.g. Mike Swaine recommends to back up frequently, but backing up#
> #frequently can destroy a backing-up LASER!" #
> ####################################################################
> Does using a LASER really destroy it?
No idea. I do know drives do wear out. I had an internal Plextor IDE CD
burner that only lasted a year right after its warranty expired. I
rarely used it to burn, but used to read my discs a lot. :(
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DVDs are worse than CDs Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <Spamassassin@irrt.De> - 2025-11-08 17:44 +0100
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