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Hello Viktor - 

CA>> Have you been following the discussion about labels,
CA>> humidity, and sunlight corrupting the data on burned CDs? 

VP> Not from the beginning but generally i read most of it. CD
VP> backups seem to be most acceptable of what i have avaiable.
VP> Currently both tapes and Jazz &co cost much more than CDs,
VP> slower than CDs and are waaay less reliable than CDs. 

Agreed. 

VP> For daily backups i use mostly High Speed RW discs and i
VP> cant remember any case of not being able to read anything
VP> back. A disc will fail sooner or later, but that happens on
VP> right away and i simply throw it. 

I do partial 'backups' to CDRW then when it's full I burn that
all to a CD and erase the CDRW and start again. :-) 

VP> I did expiriment with Ulra Speed discs but they either cost
VP> too much or have way too high faultrate (depending on the
VP> manufacturer) 

I'm not familiar with 'Ultra Speed' disks. 

VP> For archiving of data that i plan to delete i use mostly
VP> SilverLine CDRs and mostly faulty disks will fail either
VP> right away or in 1-2 weeks, so i keep the data for a while,
VP> then after 2 weeks or so, i check the disk - if it's
VP> readable i delete it. I can't remember any case of a disk
VP> that survived this initial screwup time becomind unreadable. 

Is 'Silverline' a brand name where you are located? 

VP> CDs are quite reliable if you handle them correctly. There
VP> is no reason to expose them to direct sunlight or extreme
VP> heat or humidity, and they seem to survive our climate
VP> pretty well (30-45 C in the summer). And i never put any
VP> labels on CDs, just write on them with special markers. 

I mentioned the sunlight/heat/humidity for those who burn music
CDs and keep them in their automobiles 24/7. 

VP> BTW, Magnetic media seems to fail quite alot over here, i
VP> don't know why, maybe some EM fields or something ... 

I don't know where 'over here' is located. ;-) 

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