Andrew Errington wrote:
Hi all,
In a previous email I mused at the wondrousness of being able to connect
my new slimline DVD writer to my (very) old ThinkPad 600X running 4 year
old Mepis. The drive was recognised and K3b worked properly. I burned
all my photos to DVD as a backup and I was impressed that it "just
worked".
Just a word of warning, and I am sure most of know this already:
writeable DVDs and CDs make a very poor backup medium for periods
exceeding 5Yrs. There are numerous sources of reference for this
statement on the net but my personal experience comes from creating 13
CDs of mp3 about 6-8yrs ago now. They are of various brands but every
single one has decayed now and contains read errors !
Handy to remember when you are just about to backup your lifetime of
family photos !
Chris
