As far as what I've used, NUMEROUS brands, I've had many go bad on me, so don't trust them. I always put backups of files on optical media, AND another HD in a firewire case I use for backup storage only. -Clint
God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John O'Flynn" So what actually happens when the "lifespan" runs out? I still haven't got into CD burning, but it's a project that I have planned for the very near future. At least until I read this piece of news. I have a collection of tapes going back decades, and they are still playable. Of course our expectations are always rising, so we become impatient with analog sound or the inconvenience of manipulating tape, but they sound just as good as they ever did. A very low grade tape will become brittle or shed its coating. So what happens to the CD's? And how does anybody know? Has this been written up anywhere? John > ---- Original Message ---- > From: "James Powell" > > > I have been told that if you burn a copy of a music cd to a > > blank > > CD-R cd, the copy would have a life span of two to five > > years. If you > > save the copy to the hard drive on your computer, what is > > the life > > span of the copy? > > > > thanks > > > > > > jp > > I remember when they used to say CD's had "an infinite > lifespan" because > they didn't know how long they lasted, then they said 50 > years, now it's > 2-5? ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
