Re: Do Burned CDs Have a Short Life Span? Add best before date to your copies

[Peter Sturgeon <prsturgeon -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Consider adding a best-before date of say 4 years to your copies. And
remind yourself to check them out.

I'm checking my older CDs when I get home tonight:)

--- Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:

> See http://tinyurl.com/7mjx3
> 
> Gerecke's numbers (five years for a _high-quality_ burnable CD) are
> scarier than what we've heard previously.
> 
> In the case of digital images, magnetic tape might be the best bet.
> However, in the case of tech docs and uncompiled source code, why not
> back it up onto good old paper? Worse comes to worst, you can scan it
> back into digital.
> 
> -- Dan Goldstein
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