David Ransom wrote on 7/2/09 at 08:53 >Like many other people, I have a fairly large collectionof 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.
it's always like the length of a piece of string. Different media decay more quickly and certain conditions (sunlight especally) speed it up. I seem to remember discussion a few years ago that concluded four years was the time to start copying the copies if you wanted to be really sure. To be honest, the original media should last better than copies so you might be better off just making a copy when you buy, and then using the copy one until it wears out, then going back to the master one. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
