CD-Rs were Supposed to Last Forever! @ Auphan Online

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited May 2006 in Science & Tech
CD-R and DVD-R technologies are a bit misleading. Although CD and DVD can last over a 100 years, their recordable counter parts fair much worse. Is there a solution? Yes there is.

Source: Auphan Online

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  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited May 2006
    I'm disappointed. I thought that the solution would be bacterial DNA storage or teleportation to a locked vault on the moon, but it's so much more mundane.
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited May 2006
    From Article: wrote:
    What causes the media to fail? Exposure to light, heat, oxygen, humidity and rough handling.

    OK, now all I have to do is put all my burned CDs/DVDs in a place with no light, thats cold, has no air or humidity, with lots of padding...:skeptic:


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    YOU GOT IT GHoos!!!! :headbange

    Anybody got a couple billion $ they could spare? We need to build a CD/DVD storage depot on the dark side of the moon..... Oh, and a space shuttle too...
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited May 2006
    RADA wrote:
    OK, now all I have to do is put all my burned CDs/DVDs in a place with no light, thats cold, has no air or humidity, with lots of padding...:skeptic:


    .................................................:scratch:
    .................................................


    YOU GOT IT GHoos!!!! :headbange

    Anybody got a couple billion $ they could spare? We need to build a CD/DVD storage depot on the dark side of the moon..... Oh, and a space shuttle too...
    You also should use gold cd-r's they last slightly longer.

    edit: I still have a 2X gold disk that has windows 98 first edition on it and it works fine its at least 7 years old probably older.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited May 2006
    What causes the media to fail? Exposure to light, heat, oxygen, humidity and rough handling

    a freezer takes care of 4 of those.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2006
    Vaccuum seal it, and put it in a freezer.
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