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Life of a CD Rom Disk
Hi,
From time to time, I come across an article about CD roms, etc. What I have learned so far, CD-R (I use) is better than CD-RW for long term storage of important data. Also, how they are stored can have a bearing on their "life". I keep CD roms in a dark cool location. To test the integrity of my "burned" CD roms, I use "Finder" (search engine) I downloaded from www.simtel.net. I "search" for a non-existant text pattern such as "i don't exist" in order to get "Finder" to read through every file on the CD rom as a way to check for corrupt data. Note: "Finder" has reported read errors on some of my floppy disks. So far, no read errors were reported. However, I started burning CD roms about 4 years ago. Is the integrity of commercial CD roms better than those I "burn" at home? How long can we expect to keep our CD roms, assuming they are stored in a good environment, before we begin to encounter corrupt data? Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active key logger (spyware) in your PC. |
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