CD-R Test No. 1 Survival of correctly stored CDs


This is a list of all CD-Rs in my possession which have been recorded prior to 1999. The CDs have been tested with CD Check v. 1.1 using a Goldstar CD-ROM 8482B on July 5th, 2005. No errors were encountered.

Note that these are all CD-Rs I ever owned from that period (that is, it never happened that I throw away any CD because it was defective or unreadable). All CDs contain data (i.e. - not audio) and have been correctly stored during these years. All of them were kept in their jewel case and stored inside a closet, thus repaired from sunrays. However, except for their first years of life (until mid-2000), they were kept in a room exposed to cold temperatures in winter and to sumewhat hot periods during the summer (North of Italy). Level of humidity, also, might have been quite high in winter. They were rarely read or otherwise used, expecially after 2000.

DATE REC CONT BRAND/TYPE COLOR ATIP MANUF LAYER CAP
mar 97 ? 625 (Sony - plain gold surface) gold - green 97.24.00 Taiyo Yuden Ltd Long dye 656,40
dec 97 ? 555 Olidata CD-R 74 gold - green 97.27.00 n/a n/a 651,86
aug 98 2X 350 (Sony - plain gold surface) gold - green 97.24.00 Taiyo Yuden Ltd Long dye 656,40
aug 98 2X 520 (Sony - plain gold surface) gold - green 97.24.00 Taiyo Yuden Ltd Long dye 656,40
aug 98 2X 495 Kodak gold - green 97.27.45 Kodak Japan Ltd Short dye 650,83
aug 98 ? 610 Traxdata DataGuard (1X-6X) gold - green 97.27.45 Kodak Japan Ltd Short dye 650,83
sep 98 2X 645 (unbranded - silver surface) silver - blue 97.28.44 King Pro Mediatek Long dye 652,44
sep 98 2X 640 TDK CD-R 74 silver - blue 97.32.00 TDK Co. Long dye 652,29
oct 98 ? 615 Point silver - blue 97.28.21 Multi Media Masters Long dye 654,20
oct 98 2X 650 Princo CDR-74 gold - light green 97.27.28 Princo Co. Short dye 657,42
oct 98 2X 650 Trust CD-R silver - blue 97.31.00 Ritek Co. Long dye 656,69
nov 98 2X 555 Princo CDR-74 gold - light green 97.27.28 Princo Co. Short dye 657,42
nov 98 2X 415 Princo CDR-74 gold - light green 97.27.28 Princo Co. Short dye 657,42
nov 98 2X 625 Princo CDR-74 gold - light green 97.27.28 Princo Co. Short dye 657,42
nov 98 ? 210 Princo CDR-74 gold - light green 97.27.28 Princo Co. Short dye 657,42
nov 98 2X 630 Trust CD-R silver - blue 97.31.00 Ritek Co. Long dye 656,69
nov 98 2X 640 Trust CD-R silver - blue 97.31.00 Ritek Co. Long dye 656,69
dec 98 2X 570 Princo CDR-74 gold - light green 97.27.28 Princo Co. Short dye 657,42
dec 98 2X 635 Point gold - light green 97.23.42 Victor Company Japan Ltd. Long dye 650,83
dec 98 ? 610 Koch StoreMaster CD-R 74 Pro gold - green 97.28.20 Multi Media Masters Long dye 652,30
dec 98 ? 600 Koch StoreMaster CD-R 74 Pro gold - green 97.28.20 Multi Media Masters Long dye 652,30

Notes:
DATE - Recording Date
REC - Recording hardware: 2X -
Mitsumi CR2801TE @ 2x, otherwise unknown
CONT - Actual size of contents in Mb (approx)
COLOR - Color of metal layer and media
Follows info drawn from CDR Identifier v. 1.63 (ATIP, manufacturer, layer, nominal capacity).


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First published on the web on Feb. 16, 2006