That DVD age is only valid for pressed DVDs. Burned CDs and DVDs last for much less.
It might also be a bad batch of DVDs. I have had the occasional defective spindle. With the cost of DVD drives these days, I can't imagine that the quality is there. It would not surprise me if the drive itself has failed. On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:52 AM, John Jardine <[email protected]> wrote: > I have not had the same problems burning CD/DVDs you've been having. > I've burned "lots" using my laptop and "many" using my desktop, other > than the odd coaster I haven't had any issues. > > If you are burning disks for backups it may be cheaper & more effective > to buy 3 flash drives as backup media and just rotate your usage. > Walmart is pretty much giving away 4GB flash drives, they're pretty > cheap almost everywhere. > > Media lifetimes: > DVDs: Up to 100 years > Flash: 10 years > > References: > http://www.taperesources.com/dvd_media.html > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/USB_flash_drive > > > > On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 23:41 -0600, Ralph Boland wrote: >> I recently tried to burn a DVD (this used to work). >> I first ran the simulator which indicated that burning >> was OK but finalizing failed (what is finalizing anyway?). >> >> I was running Ubuntu 10.10 at the time so I upgraded to >> Ubuntu 11.04 and tried again with a different DVD. >> Again the finalization failed during the simulation. >> >> So I tried burning for real hoping the problem was with the >> simulation but the real burn failed during finalization as >> predicted. >> >> I am guessing the problem is with the burner. >> I bought my desktop computer from Memory Express about a year >> and a half ago so the warranty has expired. I have only burned >> about half a dozen CDs/DVDs with the burner. >> The burner of my previous computer also failed after burning about >> half a dozen CDs a year for about 2 years. >> Do anybody else have problems with failing CD/DVD burners? >> >> I plan to bring my DVD burner, a couple of DVDs, and a flash drive >> with the data I want backed up. >> >> I am hoping >> a) Someone can burn my data onto a DVD. >> b) Someone can take my DVD burner (+ DVD) and install it in a >> different computer >> and verify that it doesn't work. There's no rush on this as I >> don't plan to burn >> another DVD for a few months (I backup onto a flash drive >> between DVD backups). >> >> If my burner is dead (again) then I think I will just buy a portable >> hard drive and use that >> for backups. Not as convenient to move off site though. >> >> Comments on my negative experiences with burners on Linux welcome >> >> Regards, >> >> Ralph (Rocky) Boland >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
