> > From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/07/12 Tue PM 10:11:56 GMT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: CDR Tester > > Thank you for the pretty blue screen of death. > > Regards, > Bob...
Looks like ME has some advantages after all 8-))))) > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose > as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers > with the smallest possible amount of hissing." > - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, > minister of finance to French King Louis XIV > > From: "Feroze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Not sure if it works, just got it today > > > > Start quote " UPDATE: This link goes directly to an executable file to > > be downloaded (windows only), so your browser may giove you a security > > warning. Running this program does NOT install anything, it's the actual > > tool itself. > > > > Long time readers will recall that the issue of CD-R longevity thrust > > itself upon me a while back when archives of my wife's music from 5 > > years ago turned out to have erased themselves. > > > > To recap, there are three dyes used in CD-Rs. Cyanine, Azo, and > > Phthalocyanine. Phthalocyanine.is the longest lasting, Cyanine is the > > least. CD-Rs made with Cyanine can lose the data saved on them in just 2 > > years. > > > > Finding out which dye is used on any given brand of CD-R can be tricky. > > I purchased some Maxell CD-Rpro, which on the label and on Maxell's > > website promise a 100 year lifespan. But, on opening the package, the > > disks look like they are Cyanine. Granted, color cannot always tell you > > what the disk is made with, since manufacturers often add their own > > coloration, but still, I was suspicious. > > > > So, I discovered the tool at the end of this link. It reads the ATIP > > track pre-written onto blank CD-Rs that holds information the burner > > needs to work with a given disk and decodes it to tell you where the > > disk is from, who really made it, and most important, what dye is used > > on it. No surprise, the supposed 100 year Maxells are made with Cyanine > > dye. BIG surprise, the el cheapo COMP USA disks turned out to be using > > Phthalocyanine dye, the most stable and long lasting, as are the Philips > > I got at 50 disks for just $15 at Office Depot. > > > > So, if you are concerned about longevity in CD-Rs, you just might want > > to grab this little tool. " End Quote > > > > > > http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/CDRIdentifier.exe > > > ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
