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Sorry Clint, but those cheap Cd's will not last anything like ten years.. In my experience two is their reliable limit, even stored in "Jewel cases" in a cool dry dark cupboard. May be if you used controlled atmosphere aircon - but who's that rich?:-) Phill Argus (Long time Lurker) South Gippsland , Australia. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton wrote: >But their life span even on the absolute minimum of 10 yrs, >will far outlive any cdrw drive. :-) When dealing with life >spans on the order of decades, for all practical purposes (by >PC standards), that is 'forever' so to speak. I would guess >than in less than 3 yrs, CDRW drives could be obsolete anyway >and make way for some newer method/technology. >-Clint > >God Bless Us All >Clint Hamilton, Owner >http://OrpheusComputing.com >http://ComputerHardware-ConsumerElectronics.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Cindy Pavey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 7:46 AM >Subject: Re: PCWorks: Has anyone esperienced CD's going bad >just sitting there? > > >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. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
