Re: Life of CD install disks

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:48:37 +0100, Peter J Seymour <moz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I'm just doing a bit of thinking ahead. I have various OS/2 and ECS
install sets of CDs (and even floppies). Regarding the CDs, one
sometimes hears about CDs degrading and becoming unreadable. Has anyone
got a view on the likely lifespan of the install CDs? I presume they are
'good quality' whatever that may be, but I've no idea on how long they
will continue to be useable. The danger scenario is that one day I come
to do a re-install and find I can't because of bad disks.

So extract the .ISO image and keep it on a hard disk somewhere. Then you can
burn a new CD should you feel the need.
.

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