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Your burned CDs and DVDs are decaying, and the photos on them may already be gone
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this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2026
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My old music CDs still work on the stereo and I bought some of my Megadeth albums in 2011. Perhaps music lasts longer than data.
I have cd's from the 80s, they last if you look after them, but i also think older ones were 'better', i've definitely had CDRs that have had the printed layer start flaking off
I worry that my lyric booklets will get humidity damage.