I agree. I have music files, document files, docs on floppies, and software on CD that goes back some 9 years. In fact, just about 1 month ago I took many of these floppy disk files and copied them over to my external HD--not a bit of loss in quality. On the other hand, I tried to take some of my tapes and record them digitally in order to backup onto my external, and I stopped after about 2 tapes as the quality was horrible.
Please, let's not repeat things we hear, or we heard from a friend, or things we imagined, or assumptions, or single person experiences and try to generalize them to the point where we feel our experiences are typical--I conveyed my experience above with the complete realization that results may vary. The original poster stated emphatically under the cloak of research that CD media was poor--this is not true at all. On the other hand, if you have a pile of CDs and place them on top of each other without covers and slide them back and forth on each other, this will create scratches and therefore the results might be just as the original poster described. I on the other hand go out of my way to protect my data. Thanks, Matthew ---- Original Message ----- From: "albert griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 9:09 AM Subject: RE: Output format tips needed: > The last I read about this, the author recommended you purchase name brand > disks which should increase the time to ten years. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Gary Wood > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:20 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Output format tips needed: > > I still have things that I recorded on a CDRW disk maybe three years ago > or > more. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Whitefang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:48 PM > Subject: Re: Output format tips needed: > > >> Hi List: >> >> Since nobody brought this up, I guess I have to be the one to give the >> bad news. >> >>>From my past research; >> one. My understanding is that CDR & CDRW DISKS are not recommended for >> storing data on these disks for more than two years. >> Two. Also, my research seems to indicate that DVD+/-R & DVD+/-RW disks >> may be even less stable then CDR/RW disks for long term storage. >> >> I strongly suggest that you look in to long term storage of what ever >> media you choose. Please do not flame me. I just thought I let you all >> know what I have found in the past. >> >> I apologize if this is no longer the case. >> >> Wayne >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "VICTORIA VAUGHAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 7:28 AM >> Subject: Re: Output format tips needed: >> >> >> Hi, If you have a drive that can burn and read both CD and DVD, why >> would it not be a good idea to store CD music on DVD? Wouldn't you >> get a lot more music on each disk? >> >> I'm interested, since I might like to do the same. >> >> Thanks for your info! Vicky >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________ NOD32 2513 (20070907) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
