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Would concur. I went thru all my old optical discs in ~2020 and moved all backups to 100GB Bluray. Went from dozens of discs to about three. Then I destroye

Would concur. I went thru all my old optical discs in ~2020 and moved all backups to 100GB Bluray. Went from dozens of discs to about three. Then I destroyed most of the old ones. (Didn't bother with some... does anyone need a copy of Netware 3.x or 4.x anymore? Even though it was so cool at the time.) All my CDs/DVDs burned from about '97 onwards were in perfect condition. I think one deteriorated, stuff I didn't care about given to me. I never bought super-cheap ones, maybe that helped. I did save a few "mix tape" discs from the era for nostalgia purposes. Imagine 15 of the best songs from different artists on ONE disc! It was a big kick to make your own CDs at the time... would blow people's minds, when you showed them. :-D

jbverschoor 5y ago
About a month ago I went trough all my CD/DVDs. Factory disks were all good. But burned disks, especially the later cheaper ones mostly were either in bad condition, or not even recognized as media.
- digisign 5y ago
  Brand? Treatment? I just grabbed one from my DJ days: TDK dated 1997-01-01: https://imgur.com/a/I7fokrx https://imgur.com/a/I7fokrx Listening to it now. We are… family ♪♫♪
  - jbverschoor 5y ago
    After '00, the market was flooded with cheap discs.. Most of the bad ones were those.
    - digisign 5y ago
      I see. My DVDs were also fine, but I did stick to known brands, if memory holds.
- amelius 5y ago
  There are specialized companies who claim to be able to recover data from just about anything. Probably expensive, though.
TacticalCoder 5y ago
My CDs burned in 1998 still read totally fine. TFA and your comment is, I think, what shall eventually make me move to BluRay. Any model/brand of writer/discs to recommend? (Linux here FWIW) EDIT: btw ofc all my pressed audio CDs all work just fine. My car for whatever reason, although semi-recent, still has a CD reader and I was listening to some Ennio Morricone CD in the car 10 minutes ago!
- digisign 5y ago
  For newer stuff, I have an ancient 5-7? years-old external LG BLuray/MDisc drive, and use Verbatim media. Can't speak to their longevity so definitively. They are working fine after three years. I also have a few TB external backup drive for additional-copy and rapid-access to the same data. I take an optical disc to a relative's house once a year. Multiple copies, multiple formats, multiple locations, is the key to back up.
mulmen 5y ago
At the turn of the century half of my personal CD collection was mix CDs from friends. Someone broke into my 25 year old Toyota and took the CD wallet, spare change and the car battery. That was 9 years ago but I still wish I had a backup of those mix CDs.

jbverschoor 5y ago

About a month ago I went trough all my CD/DVDs. Factory disks were all good. But burned disks, especially the later cheaper ones mostly were either in bad condition, or not even recognized as media.

digisign 5y ago
Brand? Treatment? I just grabbed one from my DJ days: TDK dated 1997-01-01: https://imgur.com/a/I7fokrx https://imgur.com/a/I7fokrx Listening to it now. We are… family ♪♫♪
- jbverschoor 5y ago
  After '00, the market was flooded with cheap discs.. Most of the bad ones were those.
  - digisign 5y ago
    I see. My DVDs were also fine, but I did stick to known brands, if memory holds.
amelius 5y ago
There are specialized companies who claim to be able to recover data from just about anything. Probably expensive, though.

TacticalCoder 5y ago

My CDs burned in 1998 still read totally fine. TFA and your comment is, I think, what shall eventually make me move to BluRay. Any model/brand of writer/discs to recommend? (Linux here FWIW) EDIT: btw ofc all my pressed audio CDs all work just fine. My car for whatever reason, although semi-recent, still has a CD reader and I was listening to some Ennio Morricone CD in the car 10 minutes ago!

digisign 5y ago
For newer stuff, I have an ancient 5-7? years-old external LG BLuray/MDisc drive, and use Verbatim media. Can't speak to their longevity so definitively. They are working fine after three years. I also have a few TB external backup drive for additional-copy and rapid-access to the same data. I take an optical disc to a relative's house once a year. Multiple copies, multiple formats, multiple locations, is the key to back up.

mulmen 5y ago

At the turn of the century half of my personal CD collection was mix CDs from friends. Someone broke into my 25 year old Toyota and took the CD wallet, spare change and the car battery. That was 9 years ago but I still wish I had a backup of those mix CDs.