[G4] Storing CDs

[Crandon David]

Yeah, I've heard this too, but I doubt it really makes much difference.

Far more important is the quality of the CD-R's you are using. This 
also though is a very controversial subject.

I haven't seen any clear consensis as too what makes a good CD-R. I've 
seen and heard of many "high quality" CD-R's degrade and have data 
problems when just sitting around in cases and never being handled.

My personal opinion is if the data is important, don't put it on a CD-R.

The above opinions don't apply to commercial CD's. They seem to be 
pretty much bullet proof.

David Crandon



On May 13, 2004, at 6:10 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:

> I read an article that said CDs should be stored on edge, not flat,
> and not stacked one on top of another.
>
> I have archive CDs in individual clear plastic cases, flat, in safe 
> deposit
> box. Is this a problem? Won't fit any other way.
>
> Old copies are stacked in the carousel-thingy I bought the CDs in.
> I figured since you buy them this way, it can't be too horrible. I 
> would
> throw away these old CDs (I backup about every two months on CD,
> put new backups in safe box and put old backups on spindle on side
> table) but my thought was if I make a mistake on my current backup or
> a CD corrupts, I might want to go back to one of these old ones.
>
> They are not as important as the archives at the bank.
>
> What do you all do?
>
> I also backup data every day or so on an external hard drive.
>
> Anne Keller Smith
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