I don't think anyone does for sure. I have personally never had a duff disc due to ageing and I have been burning / using CDs since the early nineties. However, it does happen. Unfortunately, as far as I can see, you are doing the right thing, and it would be a good idea to check them every now and then.
I would even suggest a backup on hard disc as an alternative media store of the data, if you can. Andrew (Shoreham) 2009/2/7 David Ransom <[email protected]> > Like many other people, I have a fairly large collection of commercial > DVDs and also a large number of back-ups > stored on DVD. I always make two copies of the back-ups in case > one gets damaged, but these are all the same age. > > Does anyone know how long DVDs last before they > begin to degrade? How do you know if they are degrading? > > David > > > 2009/2/6 Jason Davies <[email protected]> > >> >> Stuart Dunkeld wrote on 6/2/09 at 17:20 >> >> >Another option for a one-time backup, though, is to plug in another >> >hard disk and copy the iTunes library directly onto it, optionally >> >copying the local iTunes folder with the library info as well.. >> >> yes, I'm trying to work out what to do for the best. I already >> have this option but because the songs somehow got deleted by >> accident, I had no copy on the back-up either. >> >> then there's the fact that DVD media don't last forever but >> degrade (sigh). >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
