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> The bottom line: it depends on who you talk to. The manufacturers are claiming
> +75 years but some people say the cheap brands can start to deteriorate in a
> matter of weeks. All the testing has, of course, used simulated ageing which
> may or may not accurately reflect what happens in real time.
I have some el cheapos that I cannot read anymore - CompUSA brand,
about 4 years old. Why I keep them is another story... I gotta take a
better inventory of my stuff and do some serious spring cleaning. I
have some TDK and Sony discs that are about 8 years old (writable) and
are still good. And of course I have music CDs dating back to 1987
that still work fine.
Flash memory I'd be wary of for long-term storage.
If you really want to store things for decades, consider an external
hard drive, plus a CD backup, plus a tape backup, plus printouts. If
it's not of dire importance, consider your data ultimately disposable.
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