http://www.chadsnews.com/2005/10/18/how-are-recordable-cds-burned/ News items and other various tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share with his friends. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:01:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://www.chadsnews.com/2005/10/18/how-are-recordable-cds-burned/#comment-6 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:49:00 +0000 http://www.chadsnews.com/2005/10/18/how-are-recordable-cds-burned/#comment-6 There is controversy on that particular point. Manufacturers claim differently, but some tests hold up the claim that CD-Rs don't last more than a few years without data loss. I always buy brand-name CD-Rs for long-term storage, and I keep the important stuff on my hard drive as a backup. I use the off-brand CD-Rs for short-term storage (mainly transferring from one computer to another)--but it's almost easier these days to use USB keys instead of floppies/CDs. There is controversy on that particular point. Manufacturers claim differently, but some tests hold up the claim that CD-Rs don’t last more than a few years without data loss. I always buy brand-name CD-Rs for long-term storage, and I keep the important stuff on my hard drive as a backup. I use the off-brand CD-Rs for short-term storage (mainly transferring from one computer to another)–but it’s almost easier these days to use USB keys instead of floppies/CDs.

]]> http://www.chadsnews.com/2005/10/18/how-are-recordable-cds-burned/#comment-5 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 05:19:00 +0000 http://www.chadsnews.com/2005/10/18/how-are-recordable-cds-burned/#comment-5 I didn't know CD-Rs only last a couple of years. That's disconcerting, since many people use them as a permanent snapshot records of their data and the manufacturers don't usually list an expiry date. I didn’t know CD-Rs only last a couple of years. That’s disconcerting, since many people use them as a permanent snapshot records of their data and the manufacturers don’t usually list an expiry date.

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