ReRe Creating recovery disks

I was complaining a day or two ago that it's difficult to burn CD-R and
DVD-R backups reliably, and that the shelf-life is unpredictable.

It's getting a bit OT, for this NG, but I found some studies by the French
National Archives. It's in French of course but there's plenty of readable
information in coloured tables.

The studies show that not all drives and makes of disk are equal. Also, my
mistake was to think that it's best to burn at the slowest available speed.
In fact, 16x is best for a CD.

Regards

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Etude officielle sur la conservation des cd et dvd

Messagede vidéo-33 le 22 Fév 2009 14:05
CD-R document pdf de 956 Ko
http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/2139

DVD-R document pdf de 1,4 Mo
http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/2140

le site et le sujet :
http://www.archivesdefrance.culture....ques/stockage/

To read the PDF try:

[Bing Translator]
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/

Much better interface than Google's, and more accurate translation too.

Saucy



"Daddy Tadpole" <> wrote in message
news6FC5F77-59CB-4DC8-8800-...
> I was complaining a day or two ago that it's difficult to burn CD-R and
> DVD-R backups reliably, and that the shelf-life is unpredictable.
>
> It's getting a bit OT, for this NG, but I found some studies by the French
> National Archives. It's in French of course but there's plenty of readable
> information in coloured tables.
>
> The studies show that not all drives and makes of disk are equal. Also, my
> mistake was to think that it's best to burn at the slowest available
> speed. In fact, 16x is best for a CD.
>
> Regards
>
> - - - -
>
> Etude officielle sur la conservation des cd et dvd
>
> Messagede vidéo-33 le 22 Fév 2009 14:05
> CD-R document pdf de 956 Ko
> http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/2139
>
> DVD-R document pdf de 1,4 Mo
> http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/2140
>
> le site et le sujet :
> http://www.archivesdefrance.culture....ques/stockage/
>

Thanks, I'm bilingual and don't hold anyone's shares.

It can be fun to translate an innocent document succesively through a few
languages, returning to your own.

Regards


"Saucy" <> a écrit dans le message de
news:...
> To read the PDF try:
>
> [Bing Translator]
> http://www.microsofttranslator.com/
>
> Much better interface than Google's, and more accurate translation too.
>
> Saucy
>
>
>
> "Daddy Tadpole" <> wrote in message
> news6FC5F77-59CB-4DC8-8800-...
>> I was complaining a day or two ago that it's difficult to burn CD-R and
>> DVD-R backups reliably, and that the shelf-life is unpredictable.
>>
>> It's getting a bit OT, for this NG, but I found some studies by the
>> French National Archives. It's in French of course but there's plenty of
>> readable information in coloured tables.
>>
>> The studies show that not all drives and makes of disk are equal. Also,
>> my mistake was to think that it's best to burn at the slowest available
>> speed. In fact, 16x is best for a CD.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> - - - -
>>
>> Etude officielle sur la conservation des cd et dvd
>>
>> Messagede vidéo-33 le 22 Fév 2009 14:05
>> CD-R document pdf de 956 Ko
>> http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/2139
>>
>> DVD-R document pdf de 1,4 Mo
>> http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/2140
>>
>> le site et le sujet :
>> http://www.archivesdefrance.culture....ques/stockage/
>>

Hey! I've done that.

'Have a good week.

Saucy


"Daddy Tadpole" <> wrote in message
news:386FC3DE-DC91-4F12-8B3E-...
> Thanks, I'm bilingual and don't hold anyone's shares.
>
> It can be fun to translate an innocent document succesively through a few
> languages, returning to your own.
>
> Regards
>
>
> "Saucy" <> a écrit dans le message de
> news:...
>> To read the PDF try:
>>
>> [Bing Translator]
>> http://www.microsofttranslator.com/
>>
>> Much better interface than Google's, and more accurate translation too.
>>
>> Saucy
>>
>>
>>
>> "Daddy Tadpole" <> wrote in message
>> news6FC5F77-59CB-4DC8-8800-...
>>> I was complaining a day or two ago that it's difficult to burn CD-R and
>>> DVD-R backups reliably, and that the shelf-life is unpredictable.
>>>
>>> It's getting a bit OT, for this NG, but I found some studies by the
>>> French National Archives. It's in French of course but there's plenty of
>>> readable information in coloured tables.
>>>
>>> The studies show that not all drives and makes of disk are equal. Also,
>>> my mistake was to think that it's best to burn at the slowest available
>>> speed. In fact, 16x is best for a CD.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> - - - -
>>>
>>> Etude officielle sur la conservation des cd et dvd
>>>
>>> Messagede vidéo-33 le 22 Fév 2009 14:05
>>> CD-R document pdf de 956 Ko
>>> http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/2139
>>>
>>> DVD-R document pdf de 1,4 Mo
>>> http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/2140
>>>
>>> le site et le sujet :
>>> http://www.archivesdefrance.culture....ques/stockage/
>>>
>