Reply to post: Re: @MyBackDoor

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Alan Brown Silver badge

Re: @MyBackDoor

"You are fortunate that a 1995 CD backup is still viable as I have encountered azo dye-based CDR/DVDRs which are unreadable or showing errors after only 5-6 years."

DVD-Rs are a particular problem as they slowly delaminate if flexed.

I'm surprised anyone is still using AZO. Phtalocyanen has proven much more stable.

CD-RWs are better still as they are a real phase change material, not a dye.

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