Memorex CD-R's going bad after 2-3 years being in storage.
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:44 pm
I just started checking a lot of my CD-R's, to see if they are still readable. A lot of my discs are just personal copies of my games. All my game backup discs are mostly on cheap Memorex CD-R and were burned using a Yamaha 20x writer.
I'm using Nero scanDisc and have found two discs so far that have unreadable sectors, several others have "damaged" sectors. Nero reported on one disc about 98% good sectors, .25% damaged, 1.24% unreadable. The discs have been stored away and have no scratches on them. These discs were completely readable before I stored them away for safekeeping!
This is a warning for those that are using these discs. So far all Fuji TY discs I've tested are still good!
I'm using Nero scanDisc and have found two discs so far that have unreadable sectors, several others have "damaged" sectors. Nero reported on one disc about 98% good sectors, .25% damaged, 1.24% unreadable. The discs have been stored away and have no scratches on them. These discs were completely readable before I stored them away for safekeeping!
This is a warning for those that are using these discs. So far all Fuji TY discs I've tested are still good!