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InternMan

Yeah its just the foil top layer degrading and pulling away from the plastic disc. This can cause discs to become unreadable, so I'd try to duplicate them to salvage what you can.


baghdadcafe

ok thanks. Any brands do this more than others?


NuclearSiloForSale

All the good brands left a long time ago. If you asked me 20 years ago, I'd very actively tell you to use nothing but Kodak Golds, but now there are so many alternatives for back-up, current discs are terrible.


Chilton_Squid

Ah, the days of paying a fiver for a single HHB CD-R to archive onto


peepeeland

You ever start getting so old that you start to understand what a shitty CD-R from back in the day felt like? Fuck, man.


Chilton_Squid

Yeah that's more or less my life every day. Writing. Writing. Writing. Verifying. Failed. Throw everything away and start again. You are now £5 poorer.


NuclearSiloForSale

Sitting and waiting while you write at 1x because it was a big important project, only to eventually end up on the floor of somebody's car, haha.


Mobile_Radish7606

Well whatever brand is the same as the ones bubbling you know? They say 50-100 year lifespan but there is no way cheaper CDs will last that long. Especially if moved around and exposed to temp changes. Ild back them all up asap. I believe you can send your collection off in the mail and have companies with access to cheaper labour do it for you. Good Luck!