#83 - Question/Answer: Media Lifespan (CD/DVD)

Q. How long is media like CDs/DVDs that you burn going to last? (CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, etc...)

A. Well, it really depends on the environment you live in or store the data in. Watch the video to find out more... http://www.Support3GM.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• computer
• cd
• dvd
• cdr
• dvdr
• cd-r
• dvd-r
• burner
• optical
• drive
• odd

[djelectric]

fuck google ads! (thumbs up to that!)

[gooey41]

LMAO how do you get -8 when the max is -6.....

[mikeccuk2006]

i would say any USB storage is going to last, hard drive is part of it

[agun17]

You could also buy archival DVDs

[koskioo]

haha, I just found 17 cd-r:s that I had burned about 6 years ago when I was 11... hilarious :D anyways, only one of them doesn't play well (rather because of scratches than aging)

[emuholic]

that sounds shit.. how many did you lose? must have pissed you off

i'll never trust optical media for archival purposes again

[emuholic]

they are pressed discs, they are a different beast

[emuholic]

i noticed recently a dvd-r (8x white faced printable traxdata ritek go5 brand burned at 4x speed) had a weird looking cloudy dispersment on the data side.. it is no longer readable

i'm working on a migration plan to get the rest of my dvds onto hard disk drives.. optical media is bullshit .. noticed a few of my discs of 2 to 3 years old have lots more pie and pif in recent quality tests.

anyone any idea on how long verbatim 16x silvers burned at 4x generally last?

[JephirDromulus]

Good video

[sgtnight6]

how to copy from a cd/dvd using nero 7 please help.

[bszelda]

Just get to Velociraptor 300GB drives and config them in RAID1... :P

When you use RAID1, data writes to both drives equally, thus you have a live backup of the drive you are running your OP on. So if one fails, then it will be as if nothing has gone wrong since the second drive will run as your main drive. :D