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Digital Storage on DVD/CD - Scary!

bobdauilda · 2006-01-12 11:22:24

Heres the link http://msn.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124312,00.asp?GT1=7645 Do Burned CDs Have a Short Life Span? Optical discs may not be your best bet for storing digital media long term, expert says. John Blau, IDG News Service Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Opinions vary on how to preserve data on digital storage media,…

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Poppycat Posts: 19,899 Forumite

13 January 2006 at 10:06PM

Also remember that with technology changing all the time, you may have to backup that data on to the next generation format, before the hardware becomes obsolete and hence have no hardware to read the discs. With the impending new format on the horizon, okay its years before dvd/cd become obsolete but they will one day.

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