If you have discs burned 10 years ago and haven't seen
any deterioration you're extremely lucky. I have
(had) quite a few dating to just mid 1998 and among
those are many that have been "bronzed"...
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/9771
...as well as a few whose labels became torn or flaked
off, rendering them unreadable. And that's while
storing discs in a cool, dark, dry place, upright, and
without any drops, dings, etc. To coin a phrase
"download once, burn twice."
anti_stunna
--- therealmxyzptlk@comcast.net wrote:
CD-rs do not have a coating over the data, so they
naturally have a
shorter lifespan and will not take abuse without
scratching the data
layer.
That said, I have cdrs which were burned 10 years ago
and play fine.
I'm not saying everyone will get the same mileage -
but I am saying
I've been burning for a long time and have yet to see
ANY disc
deterioration.
jeff
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