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lifespan of information saved on a drag-to-disk DVD?

Postby aristottle on Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:43 pm

Hi guys just wondering if anyone had any suggestions or thoughts on the lifespan of data saved on a drag-to-disk formated single layered +R format DVD??? :o
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:29 am

The lifespan shouldn't change from a regularily burned disc of the same type... but keep in mind that even a minor burn screw up could make it very hard to recover previous disc sessions (if you burn multiple sessions). It's a funny format for burning really... and not recommended for keeping important files simply because the format itself is not as stable as disc at once recording.
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Postby aristottle on Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:37 am

So if you were going to save date on DVD you would prefer to save it on Disk at once format? :o

why is that considered more stable?
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:11 am

aristottle wrote:So if you were going to save date on DVD you would prefer to save it on Disk at once format? :o

why is that considered more stable?


Because the TOC (Table of Contents) isn't being appended due to mutliple burns. Like I said, one little problem, and previous sessions became very hard to recover.

I've actually had to attempt to reconstruct someone's drag-to-disc archives before... it was very much something I never want to do again.
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