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CDs and DVDs Not So Immortal After All


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This is why I use DVD-RAM for back-ups. It may not be the most popular formula but is by far the most durable and can be rewritten tens of thousands of times.

I have had no problems with CD-R or CDRW discs but a friend of mine - much more wealthy than me - several years ago bought one of the first CD burners to be marketed in the UK to transfer all his photos. I cannnot recall the cost but it was humungous - as was the price of the CD-R discs.

Last year he found that several of his discs had corrupted even though they were stored in a dry cupboard in his study. Fortunately he had not removed the files from his hard drive so he has not lost them.

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