sherry from duckland wrote: I'm not happy with the CD-RW technology at all. I'm supposed to be archiving material (images, especially) onto CD-RW disks for my office.
It helps to have the feedback that the disks are so often no good. Does anyone have any explanation for this phenomenon? I'd pay extra for reliability, for some quality control. A bad disk is far worse than worthless. Cheryl responded: I've found that if you write to cdr you get much more reliable results than writing to cdrw. Cdr is more widely compatible. Older cdrom drives may not be able to read all of cdrws at all. Tim: This is what I do, also. I've been using CDR since about 1995 or so as an experimental technology in a lab I worked in. It's stable, cheap and reasonably fast, and transfers well between PCs. If you shop around you can get blanks for about 25-35 cents; use the blue ones (azure dye) for best stability. I do database and website backups on them all the time, and throw out the old ones as they become obsolete. I've *rarely* had one fail, and those times could have been avoided if I'd kept it in the case. Tim ___________________________ Tim Furry Web Developer Foulston Siefkin LLP 316.267.6371 ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
