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Decomposing DVD-R's?

  • 21-08-2007 7:00pm
    #1
    radiospan
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    I have a lot of burned DVD's from three or four years ago. I've read that some DVDR brands only last a few years before they become unreadable.

    Is this true? Should I start transferring everything back to HDD? With 1TB for €195, it seems like a good option.

    Has anyone here any experience with losing data from DVD-R's due to age? How long did they last?


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  • #2
    SeanW
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    It depends on the quality of the disk. Some cheapy discs will start to lose their integrity after a few months. That would be anything manufactured by CMC (could have many brandnames). Or anything you might have got in a €2 shop or other bargain/casual shop.

    Not quite what you're looking for, but I did once lose data on decayed CD-Rs - a friend was throwing them out a few years ago because they were too crappy to work on his older and highly sensitive CDRW drive, I had just got a new CDRW drive for the first time, and hadn't any problems with them so I took his off his hands. Needless to say the discs did not stand the test of time.

    Fortunately I was able to either salvage or replace most of what was on there.

    You should refresh your collection - burn whatever data you now have to new discs. Get advice here as to the most robust brand.

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  • #3
    jaqian
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    plazzTT wrote:
    1TB for €195

    Sorry but where can you get it that cheap?


  • #4
    themole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 888 ✭✭✭themole


    could get two of these for 200


  • #5
    bretttp1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭bretttp1


    Its the current trend on most sites at the mo

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=338938


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