Old Recordable CD's!

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MarillionFan replied

7 February 2012, 22:30
Well hacked off about this. May have to pull out an old machine(I bet they work then)
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AtW replied

7 February 2012, 22:29
Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post

Any ideas anyone?

Ask for product replacement or full money back.

"The design life is from 20 to 100 years, depending on the quality of the discs"

Compact Disc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HTH
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doodab replied

7 February 2012, 22:21
CD-R etc use an organic dye that degrades with exposure to UV light. If they are exposed to direct sunlight they will be unreadable in a matter of days or weeks. Early ones weren't very stable at all and even stored well I wouldn't expect them to last 10 years.
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MarillionFan replied

7 February 2012, 22:11
Originally posted by TestMangler View Post

You didn't close them when you made them, making them usable only on the machine you burned them on ?

I've got about 4 desktops and 4 laptops in the loft. I wonder what wonderful things I will find when I look.
What a pain in the arse!
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TestMangler replied

7 February 2012, 22:10
You didn't close them when you made them, making them usable only on the machine you burned them on ?
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eek replied

7 February 2012, 22:08
We live in the new dark ages as all information from this period will be lost.

As your poor quality CDRs confirm.
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MarillionFan started a topic Old Recordable CD's!

7 February 2012, 22:00
Old Recordable CD's!

When I burnt to these 10 years back and made a few back ups, then I expected them to fooking work when I stuck them in my Windows 7 machine in 2012.

Three 'historical' pieces of work that I would like to use this evening! Not a single fooking one has loaded?

Now maybe I'm being a little thick. But surely a data CD I burnt 10 years ago could be recognised now?

Any ideas anyone?
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