At 2:07 PM -0700 7/28/06, Wild Sanctuary wrote:
>For all you fellas and gals using older Case Logic storage folders
>for your backup DVD/CDs, be aware of a warping issue on older Case
>Logic product.
>
>After transferring all of my archive 3500 hours to DVD - a process
>begun 2.5 years ago - I was just testing the DVDs burned at the
>beginning to see if they were still viable before storing them in the
>safe deposit boxes we have for that purpose.
>
>All of the outer layer DVDs were so badly warped that they would not
>read. Luckily, the damage was confined only to the first 3 layers and
>last 2 layers of DVD media so that only 16 of 62 DVDs were destroyed.
>The warping occurred because of the tight fit and the fact that the
>rings put pressure/tension on the edge of the DVD closest to them.
>Not heat or any other factor.
>
>All my media, aside from the originals, was also backed up to HD so
>everything is easily recoverable. But it was still a bit of a shock.
>
>Make sure, if you happen to be backing up your audio media on DVD and
>storing them in those types of binders, that the media is absolutely
>flat and has no edge pressure affecting it.
>
>Bernie Krause
Yikes. So they were stored in a binder designed to hold multiple
DVD's per page? I'd definitely send Case Logic a report of this
malady.
I've been using the double-sided "single" Case Logic sleeves and
recently another brand of very thin sleeves. Your experience makes me
wonder whether standing the disks on edge is best. Rob D.
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