I received the following in a newsletter.
Here is the URL for the newsletter.
http://www.inkjetart.com/mitsui/index.html
ARE YOUR CD-RS AND DVD-RS GOING TO SUFFER "DIGITAL ROT"?
Dan Koster, Web content manager for Queens University of Charlotte in
North Carolina became a minor celebrity last Spring when he reported
that 15% to 20% of the 2,000 CDs in his properly stored collection
suffered from what has loosely become know as "CD rot", and would no
longer play! Shortly after this, Michele Youket, a preservation
specialist at the Library of Congress was quoted in the USA Today as
saying, "...the poorest-quality CDs may last only four or five
years..."
So what can you do to protect your digital data? Here's what experts suggest:
1. Always make two copies - one to archive, and one as a "working" copy.
2. Make the "working" copy on any cheap CD-R or DVD-R (or +R) media
you wish, but make your "archive" copy on the highest quality media.
3. Store the "archive" copy at different location from the "working" copy.
4. If you experience any errors or data loss on your "working" copy,
make another copy from your "archive" copy.
May we suggest the brand of CD-Rs and DVD-Rs that serious digital
data archivist use for their "archive" copy? It's the "MAM-A Gold
Standard" (technology licensed from Mitsui) -- the only CD-R with a
real Gold reflective layer, plus MAM-A's patented organic
Phthalocyanine dye. Accelerated aging tests allow MAM-A to guarantee
information storage for more than 200 years. MAM-A's real silver
DVD-Rs, with the same patented Phthalocyanine dye offer a similar
standard of excellence. SALE: Order 100 MAM-A Gold Standard CD-Rs in
That is the section I thought might be of much interest to many members.
individual jewel cases for the sale price of only $109:
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