[LINK] Archival storage

[Jan Whitaker]

At 05:02 PM 29/06/2004, Rick Welykochy wrote:
>I've also been told about home-burnt CDs where the aluminum substrate has
>benn almost completely oxidised and/or eaten by fungus, leaving a mostly
>clear plastic disc.

Made me look.  I pulled out two back-up discs, one from 2000 that was burnt 
in a Uni computer services department and one I burnt in 2001 at 
home.  Both worked just fine.  I have them in jewel cases with black 
holders and paper covers for those two. Both were silver Imation discs.

Then I pulled out a more recent set of gold discs kept in clear cases, 
burnt 1.5 yrs ago, no problem.

All the discs I did at home were done at 2X speed because that is hold old 
my burner was.  I now have a new one that I haven't tried yet.

Perhaps the lessons learnt from this exchange:
- use good media for important stuff
- burn slower
- keep discs in cool, dark place

Cheers,
Jan


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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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