Re: DVDs are worse than CDs
[email protected] (Ant) Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:16:30 -0000 (UTC)
| Newsgroups | it.comp.hardware.cd,nl.comp.dvd-branden,comp.publish.cdrom.hardware,rec.video.dvd.misc,it.comp.hardware.dvd,alt.comp.periphs.cdr |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
In alt.comp.periphs.cdr Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ant(Dude): > I am pleasantly surprised that this thread got more than its original > post, as these newsgroups are inactive! Thanks ever so much for replying! > Ant kindly wrote: > |--------------------------------------------------------| > |"Even my many of my old 650 MB CD and CDRWs still work!"| > |--------------------------------------------------------| > Good! Do all of them still work? What brands of discs and burners are > they? Are they all gold CDs? Most of them. Not gold. One of the 650 MB is a Sony brand. > I tend to avoid rewritable discs. Maybe I do not need to be so cautious. I like reuse my medias. I want to get rid of them so I use them to wear them. Eventually, they don't work. > Ant kindly wrote: > |------------------------------------------| > |"Also, | > |do many back ups on many storage devices."| > |------------------------------------------| > Good advice! > However, I wrote: > #################################################################### > #"E.g. Mike Swaine recommends to back up frequently, but backing up# > #frequently can destroy a backing-up LASER!" # > #################################################################### > Does using a LASER really destroy it? No idea. I do know drives do wear out. I had an internal Plextor IDE CD burner that only lasted a year right after its warranty expired. I rarely used it to burn, but used to read my discs a lot. :( -- "Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." --2 Corinthians 9:7. Quiet Th. after a slammy hump day. Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )