does anyone here know....

[Hyperblaze]

Let's say you burned some data on them as a backup. Any idea how long before the cd-r becomes unreadable?

 

[HardcoreRobot]

depends on many factors like the brand and storage environment

there is no one answer

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
depends on many factors like the brand and storage environment

there is no one answer

 

[40Hands]

I still have the first CD-R I ever burned...it is scratched to hell but I still have it....

 

[Juno]

put it in a cd case.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: BroeBo
I still have the first CD-R I ever burned...it is scratched to hell but I still have it....

but is it still readable?

I noticed a lot of my old cd-r are gone (can't read them anymore). thankfully, i no longer need them or can live without them

 

[Kelemvor]

It lasts righ up until you forget where it is ans run over it with your chair. But honsetly, a couple decades I'm sure with decent media.

 

[Night201]

I always thought it was like 10 years or something. It also abviously depends on the conditions that you store them in. I have lots of cds that I burned in 1997 and 1998 (back in the 1x days) that I am about to transfer to DVD.

 

[Whitecloak]

I have cd-rs which are 10 years old and still going strong.

 

[spherrod]

http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/sec4.html

 

[FrustratedUser]

I just checked my pr0n collection from 2.5 years ago and it's still good. *Phew*

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
I just checked my pr0n collection from 2.5 years ago and it's still good. *Phew*

you actually still have a porn collection from 2.5 years ago?

I would of thought you would of thrown that out by now

 

[sswingle]

My oldest ones are still working. I forget how long ago since I started making them

 

[EKKC]

i had some cheapo compusa from about 8-10 years back that are no longer working. however there are higher quality CDRs that I left in spindles or cases that still work. so i would assume on the means of storage and the brand. i would imagine some of them last quite a few decades?

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
I just checked my pr0n collection from 2.5 years ago and it's still good. *Phew*

What a relief.😀

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
I just checked my pr0n collection from 2.5 years ago and it's still good. *Phew*

What a relief.😀

what are you keeping it for? your children? you can always find newer better pr0n. (of course i too keep the nice classics)

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: EKKC

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
I just checked my pr0n collection from 2.5 years ago and it's still good. *Phew*

What a relief.😀

what are you keeping it for? your children? you can always find newer better pr0n. (of course i too keep the nice classics)

Only keeping the good stuff.
Low grade pr0n can be found easily.