The backup, mp3s and other data CDs that I have made on my Dell have become 
unreadable after a couple of years of storage. Perhaps it is the fault of the 
burner. Unfortunately there is no way to know until after the disk fails. 
Entropy rules!
Philip

At 11:22 AM 4/17/2009, you wrote:
>It depends.
>
>Ever since the days of popular music on magnetic tape it has been
>understood by many people that magnetic recordings fade with time.  The
>floppy drive in my laptop still works well but most of my old disks have
>read errors.

Philip & Marilyn Lange
AE4OV & KD4JRC
ORYOKI
Witness 35 Catamaran 
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