The issue of optical disk storage fragility has to do with the physical characteristics of CDs and DVDs. They are made of plastics with various surface layerings. I read about this years ago that early commercial CDs were already going bad in the early 90s. I've lost a number of data CDs over the years, generally because I had been buying cheap CD blanks. Plastic is not a stable medium and I'm very worried about all the photos I digitized years ago. Dan F
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