On Jan 31, 2023, at 10:22 AM, Steve Lewis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I know the first generation CD/DVD disc are known to "go bad" - the > material itself somehow degrades and becomes unreadable by modern drives. > I'm not sure if that's still the case with newer or more modern CD/DVD disc > (not just that they're newer, but are they a more durable material or > casing?)
Choosing the right blanks made a world of difference. The as I said recently, all the Verbatim DataLifePlus I’ve tried to recovered have been fine. The main data I lost was stored on a DVD-R blank from another manufacturer. I’m now looking at switching to Verbatim M-Disc’s. As part of my recent efforts I’ve regained access to data that while live on spinning disk, had become corrupted sometime between 1997 and 1999. Zane
