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dparklast Tuesday at 11:13 PM2 repliesview on HN

Writable DVD longevity seems to be a bit of a crapshoot. There are stories of people reading 20 year old burned DVDs just fine and others getting errors on discs only a few years old.

If I were worried about longevity, I would not personally rely on a bunch of DVDs I burned.


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reaperduceryesterday at 8:29 PM

If I were worried about longevity, I would not personally rely on a bunch of DVDs I burned.

So load the files onto hard drives as a backup. That's what I do.

It doesn't seem like you're looking for a solution, just a method to hear yourself complain.

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ThePowerOfFuetyesterday at 12:26 AM

To be fair, pressed discs have succumbed to disc rot as well.