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RE: Can CDs rot??

• Posted by Andy Serpa <ac at onehorseshy.com> Jul 08, 2004
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Ricardo M. Forno wrote:
> 
> Yes, as a matter of fact, I own a pair of commercial music CDs that are
> degrading from the outside in. Both are hyperion make.
> I also had some music CD-Rs that were written by a friend that became
> unusable very rapidly. They say this happens when you glue certain type of
> labels to the upper side.
> However, most of the CDs I own are OK, even some bought in 1987.
> Regards.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kat <gertie at visionsix.com>
> To: <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 6:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Can CDs rot??
> 
> 
> > On 7 Jul 2004, at 12:57, Jerry Story wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > posted by: Jerry Story <jstory at edmc.net>
> > >
> > > Can CDs rot?
> > > <a
> > > href="http://www.mercola.com/2004/may/19/rotten_cds.htm">http://www.mercola.com/2004/may/19/rotten_cds.htm</a>
> >
> > I heard they could a few years ago. Apparently, the edges of the CDs
> aren't
> > sealed well, if at all, and bacteria and fungi and things can get in and
> eat the
> > aluminum. Copper crud is a perpetual bane of edge connectors.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> >
If you glue a label onto a CD and put it in a modern CD-ROM spinning at 32x & up
they will sometimes literally explode/shatter because the label has to be
PERFECTLY balanced and they never are.  Don't put labels on them....