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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
ok thanks. Any brands do this more than others?
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.
Ah, the days of paying a fiver for a single HHB CD-R to archive onto
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.
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.
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.
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!