On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 04:02:00PM -0600, Jacob Biesinger wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 03:37:06PM -0600, Jacob Biesinger wrote: > > > > I keep those on DVD-R's, encrypted, and locked up. If you managed to > > > > get to those, I'd be pretty impressed. ;-) > > > > > > How long do those last? My aunt was asking me earlier about how > > > long various forms of disks will last- she's putting a bunch of > > > geneology stuff on CD and is worried that it won't be around in 3-10 > > > years. > > > > She should be keeping at least two copies, preferably on a different > > brand of media burned by a different CD-R drives. Store upright in a > > cool, dry environment. In 10 years, she can transfer the whole > > collection to her 12 terrabyte IBM wireless OptiCube-RW device (no, > > that's not a promise by any stretch of the imagination ;-). > > Someone told her to freeze the discs themselves. She was a bit > worried about how to thaw them if that happens... Any idea on if > this is valid? Maybe I should do a test while I'm on mission :P
As long as the temperature in the freezer falls within the tolerance
levels printed on the packaging, it should be okay. That might help
with CD-R-eating bacteria. I would actually recommend putting them in
the fridge; the freezer seems a bit extreme. Just protect them from
the humidity in there. The most important thing is to keep them away
from the sunlight.
Mike
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