Evidently CD's do go bad.  The following is an excerpt from a Langa List
article.  You can check out the whole article at:
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2001/2001-07-26.htm .

Cindy

"Some CDs, especially those made with the light aqua phthalocyanine dye backed
by a plastic-protected layer of gold metal foil, can last a long time. Others,
using bluish cyanine dye backed by unprotected aluminum foil, can degrade
fully ten times faster!"

>The problem is this, my disks go bad. I am not talking about burning
>coasters. The disks are fine for a while, then over a period of several
>days or a couple weeks I loose access to the data. Most of my uses are
>for archival purposes, so it is not like these disks are getting a lot
>of use.


The Lord didn't do it all in one day.
What makes me think I can?
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