Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/15
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I'm affraid that the storage in your car may have been the culprit.
Computer media doesn't like dramatic changes in temperature. A car get's
very warm during the day and cold at night. Suddenly you are dealing
with contraction/expansion stresses etc due to temperature, that can
cause the reflective layer to crack and flake and eventualy breakdown
and corrode.
feli
"Lee, Jonathan" wrote:
>
> LUGers all,
>
> Some no-mane brand CD-Rs of mine that have been left in my car throughout
> this Canadian winter have devloped small pinprick like defects that prevents
> their being read. These were home burned music CDs and I'm not that worried
> about them, but my photo CDs are burned on this same brand of disk. Is
> anyone aware of studies on the archival nature of CD-R or CD-RWs and what
> storage conditions are recommended for long term?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan Lee
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