[LINK] Archival storage

[Howard Lowndes]

On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 13:43, Ash Nallawalla wrote:
> > From: Daniel Rose
> 
> > There's an article in latest print issue (May-Jun) of Image 
> > and Data Manager on the storage longevity issue.  It starts 
> > off saying a recent study in Holland indicated many CD-R 
> > disks are unreadable after 2 (two!) years. 
> 
> I have 2-3 3-yo CDs of my backups that I cannot open now.  I know that I stuffed
> up some CDs by forgetting to close them but I'd still expect them to be read in
> the same drive.  They are all the same brand.  I usually verify my backups after
> burning, so I am surprised that I'd have kept a CD if it was known to be a dud.
> 

I did read somewhere that one of the problems with burning CDs is that
modern CD burners can burn too fast and don't do a thorough job.  I
gather the secret is to tune the burn speed down so that the burn is
deeper.

> Is there a tool that will let me see what's on them?
> 
> Ash
> 
> 
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