Dear Penguirl:
They no longer "Burn" CDs or DVD's on computer media for the home. It
the old days, the original "burners" actually burned a small section of
the CD/DVD and the mark was permanent. Either the section had a small hole
burned in it or it didn't. Newer CD/DVD burners now make a mark in dye on
the CD/DVD R, RW. The dye deteriorates after about three to five years so
the CD/DVD then no longer has any information on it, things have become
unreadable. If you can find an old burner, I mean from the 1990's or before,
or buy a commercial grade burner, then the medium will actually be "burned"
in actuality, and the image should be permanent. I have a couple of old
burners and they actually do the job by burning the image into the disk.
Even so, you have to watch for spelling and other mistakes that may creep in
as the original gets older. Magnetic media is safer than newer CD/DVD media
for securing the information you want to keep. Thumb Drives, also called
Jump Drives and other magnetic media really hold onto the information a lot
more permanently than the new CD/DVD technology. The only other thing you
can do to insure your information is safely saved is to print it all up,
and keep it in a fireproof safe. I would love to hear more on this subject,
I want to hear about this subject. Thank you, sincerely, Virgil Fritz.
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
In a message dated 9/26/2010 5:23:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
The issue I have with digital files is that regardless of the media you
store them on, be it a HDD or flash drive, both of which are subject to
magnetic damage; or writable optical media, which seem to degrade simply
by existing; they are subject to deterioration over time. A bit gets
flipped here and there eventually resulting in discernible damage to the
file. Enough bits get flipped and the file becomes useless.
In nine years of computing I've had several files, mostly text and image
files, that have mysteriously become unreadable. Given time it's likely
that I will encounter a video file that has become corrupt and is no
longer usable. If I originally purchased the data on a pressed, not
burned, optical disk I can make another copy. If I purchased the data as
a download then I have to hope that the vendor will let me re-download
it. However I don't trust the vendors to do what I consider to be the
right thing and pass on a perceived opportunity to make additional profit.
That is why I prefer pressed CDs and DVDs. Yes they are subject to
damage but they don't spontaneously degrade, at least they shouldn't in
my lifetime.
Sorry Steve (Jobs), I think you are wrong.
Tina
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