quoted 5 lines I'm under the impression that disc rot has only occurred on CDs>I'm under the impression that disc rot has only occurred on CDs
>manufactured by PDO in th 80's and early 90's due to a manufacturing
>error, i.e. it's not something that we generally have to worry about.
>
>However, entropy is a whole 'nother issue.
I have some CD-rs that have disc rot. Old Maxell discs (well, old
being from '99-'00 or so. Not very old). The edges are changing
color and the foil-stuff is fading away from the edges. The most
notable one is a copy of Windows 98, so the content may have
something to do with it :)
Anyway, it gave me a good reason to hate cheap maxell Cd-rs, which
isn't that hard to do but now I can justify it. So it's not just PDO
CD's, but some crappy CD-r's, too. Luckily they still read, but the
data on the edge is lost.
derek
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