# Re: scanning to cd-rom

From: Jonathan Buzzard (jonathan@buzzard.org.uk)
Date: Tue Jan 23 2001 - 02:20:15 PST

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  steveu@coppice.org said:
  > If you live in a humid place CD lifetime really sucks. A substantial
  > percentage fail quickly, although many last for years. Perhaps that
  > reflects variability in the protective coating process.

  If you fail to store them inside the required temperature and humidity
  ranges expect them to fail. If you live in a humid place this can
  obviously be a problem but magnetic media will also have problems in
  this environment as well. I would imagine the problem is that molds
  and fungi grow on the disks in very humid enviroments.

  All I can say is that I have a few CD-R's that where cut over five
  years ago and they have no problems being read (just tested one to make
  sure).

  I can blank a CD-R in week by leaving it on the windowsill in the middle
  of summer. This tells you nothing about the life span of CD-R's.

  JAB.

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