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dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoEstimate for CD lifespans was in the 100 year range, but the only way to really put that to the test is to try them in 100 years.
FWIW, I have some CDs that are pushing 40+ years at this point. They work fine, scratches and all.
In my experience, CDRs and other record-able media can’t handle a single summer in a hot car. Mistakes were made. If you have your hands on anything like that, I agree: focus there first for your data hoarding activities.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Yeah, definitely had a few CD-Rs die in the car. We don’t normally have particularly extreme weather in the UK so they last a few years normally. The combination of CD player heat, engine heat and summer heat makes them the temperature of a hot drink. They don’t like that.