On Jun 25, 2004, at 8:46 AM, Ron wrote:
The problem with CD's is they don't hold up and the data deteriorates over time so if you want to keep the data long term CD's are not the way to go. Short term they are fine, but I read an article about testing data corruption on CD's that were 3 years old and a large amount of the files had corruption on most brands of media. I can't remember the exact details but it made me rethink my storage options.
Sigh. The CD debate is a huge example of the maxim 'The Plural of Anecdote is NOT Data!'
NIST has come up with their recommendations for storage and care of CDR's:
<http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/carefordisc/index.html>
Properly cared for, CD-R's DO hold up.
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