 Bunny Snow |
Compare CD-R printable discs How does the Verbatim CD-R White Hub Printable Disc compare with the other Verbatim CD-R discs? This would only use would be to store images. But, I keep losing images on store bought CD-R discs that are cheaper and corrode images easier. Thanks.
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Oliver Anderson |
Why don't you buy External HDs or one of the internet image storage places? Never had a disc go bad...I'd google a review of the discs.
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Bunny Snow |
Thanks for the suggestion, Oliver.
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W. |
Yep, Bunny, all BURNED optical disks (CDS and DVDs) start degrading on Day One. By osmosis, a chemical reaction between the constituent materials. It's like corrosion, rusting. Anyway, the net result is that they ALL become unreadable at some point between 4 and 10 years after burning. None excluded! Which is why I RE-burn the data on brandnew CDs and DVDs within 3 years (then trash the old ones). Obviously that would be a hell off a lot of work if I needed to burn ALL my data to optical disks every 3 years. So for mass storage I use 3 external harddisks. Two of those record mirrored incremental backups live. The third is stored off-site, at a friend's place (in case of fire or some such), and gets exchanged for one of the other 2 every month. I.o.w. I do not use burned optical disks for long term storage. Just for temporary storage. Have fun!
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Bunny Snow |
My husband says that the External Hard Drives can also crash. And, I found out what happens to both negatives and prints during a hurricane with water damage in the house. The emulsion pours off the paper or film. It's all very depressing. Still for me, often the best things in life are working through the learning process. I enjoy the creating of an image prior to snapping the shutter. But if I spend long hours in Photoshop, it would be nice to have something to show for my work...that I can keep for when my memory fades.
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Oliver Anderson |
Bunny, Earth is going to be hit by an asteroid and San Francisco is going to be nailed by a big quake...that's why you get 2 externals and have a backup always. Or one external and an online downloadable service.
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W. |
"My husband says that the External Hard Drives can also crash." Indeed.
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Bunny Snow |
Of course, both of you are correct. Thanks for your replies.
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John G. Clifford Jr |
I have CDs that are 20 years old, and they still play fine. However, I know that they'll eventually die due to corrosion (most CDs have aluminum, and the laser burns the oxide off of the metal exposing it to corrosion). I also have three external drives, a primary, an extra, large external USB drive, and a NAS drive. I use SyncToy, a free Microsoft utility, to back up my photos from my primary to the two secondaries. I also use JungleDisk, an online storage service that uses Amazon Simple Storage, and it's very inexpensive... something like a couple of cents per GB per month. I regularly back up my NAS drive to JungleDisk, so that if my house is leveled all of my images, music, etc., is still available. The neat thing about JungleDisk is that you can use it anywhere you have broadband network connectivity, e.g., Starbucks or a hotel/motel. When I'm traveling, I upload my files regularly, so that no matter what I won't lose them.
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W. |
"I have CDs that are 20 years old, and they still play fine." John, you probably confuse PRESSED CDs with BURNED CDs.
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