I hear the information does not last as long as magnetic media.
2006-09-04 06:57:29 · 10 answers · asked by Martin S 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
you heard wrong
> it's actually opposite !
2006-09-04 07:33:17 · answer #1 · answered by sεαη 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't know where you heard that, optical storage is not touted as being resilient up to 200 years if kept safely. Magnetic media will not last that long, even on good storage, and can be erased in a magnetic field
2006-09-04 07:01:24 · answer #2 · answered by butchell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It´ll last as long as your fingers never touch the surface...I did it once and all of those disk have now gotten 5% of it´s area eaten by microgerms...it´s amazing. That was 6 years ago. Also humidity will create fungus...There are many EXTERNAL factors that will anyhilate the CD.
But basically it´ll last as long as the medium it holds lasts....
2006-09-04 08:17:52 · answer #3 · answered by David_RiveraH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cd is only going to last as long as you can take care of it without gettin it all scratched up. Magnetic media is only going to last as long as you can take care of it without gettin it demagnetized.
2006-09-04 07:04:47 · answer #4 · answered by black_ca_scorpio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as it's looked after properly then a long time. magnetics can be wiped, well, magnetically. CD-ROMs will last unless they're over scratched.
2006-09-04 07:01:39 · answer #5 · answered by JAMES T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both versions have the plusses and minuses but true stored under appropriate conditions magnetic media is longer lasting.
2006-09-04 07:00:04 · answer #6 · answered by Fremen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life long but u need to keep it carefully
2006-09-04 09:09:47 · answer #7 · answered by Dheepak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the CD-ROM maker and your CD-ROM drive and/or burner because sometimes when you play CD's or DVD's for that matter and you play it constantly the discs do deteriorate.
2006-09-04 07:05:28 · answer #8 · answered by minddfloww 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how you look after them. Treat them right, and they will treat you right.
2006-09-04 07:00:26 · answer #9 · answered by Jas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends how much time you use it with care
or
you dont use atall
depend on the use
2006-09-07 20:16:44 · answer #10 · answered by P5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋