Longevity of DVD-R and CD-R (Was MagTapes)

[Jim Leonard]

Scott Stevens wrote:
> Sometimes I wonder if the high-speed CD-ROM drives we all enjoy now are
> always as good as they're thought to be.  I remember my first experience
> with a > 4x drive.  I was used to the older drives which spin slower,
> and the new fast drive 'spun up' like there was a big noisy machine
> (there was) inside the PC Case.   Perhaps there should be effort spent
> on a more reliable grade of CD-ROM technology that emphasizes
> reliability and long term life over rip-roaring speed.  I can't help but
> think that spinning your important archival CDs at a 2x reading speed
> would be easier on them than the screaming fast rate most are read at
> now.

This is a sound (no pun intended) theory, and Nero comes with software that can 
be used to limit the speed of your CDROM drive.
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Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org)                    http://www.oldskool.org/
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