Article on data rot on CD's

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Wed Jul 28 15:16:19 2004

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From: "Michael Sokolov" <msokolov_at_ivan.harhan.org>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: Article on data rot on CD's


> Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com> wrote:
>
> > Teo> .... I would also like to know what
> > Teo> affect printable adhesive labels have on media...
> >
> > I have a simpler rule for those: "just say NO".
>
> So how is one supposed to label recorded CDs then? There needs to
> be some way to identify which CD-R contains what...
>
> MS
>

I have 100's if not 1000 cds containing data and music that work fine with
labels attached. I haven't had a problem with vibrations even on 52x cdrom
drives. Some of the discs go back to the mid 90's.

I used to use the stick-it-right labels, but they are rare these days so I
use a bunch that were made by IBM. Using an applicator that centers the
label is important, I wouldn't eyeball it by hand.

The only cdr that failed that I remember was a highly used (and scratched)
backup copy of windows 95.
Received on Wed Jul 28 2004 - 15:16:19 BST