Klarinet Archive - Posting 000344.txt from 2001/12

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] MP3 vs CD audio
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 12:50:01 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Dowler [mailto:syo@-----.com]
> You seem to know a lot about recordable CDs. Perhaps you can give me
> some advice. I use data CD-RW (Maxell brand, 700MB) to backup my
> data. I've only had one CD that errored, caught by a verify command
> in Toast Platinum. If a verify is successful, how safe do you think
> the data is on these CDs? Should I be making double-backups?

>From a computer guy: you're doing the right thing with the verify (read
after write). If that passes you're going to be safer than most people.

If it's critical data (like for a business or perhaps your entire collection
of addresses and emails) it'd be best to store it in a physical location
_other_ than near the computer, just in case one of the locations burns
down.

If it's archival data (something you want to keep for a very, very long
time - > 50 years) you might want to read the Library of Congress reports on
CD-R storage. They don't consider most very reliable for long term data
storage.

Back to our regularly scheduled show ...

Mark C.

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