Are you someone who keeps CD/DVD's for a long time still working?

**twgamer20197** · March 29, 2021, 05:54 PM

I think many people normally don't keep their CD/DVD's for a long time ( One of the reasons could be negligence ). How about you?
And what are some techniques on how to keep them alive longer?

**Ishan** · March 30, 2021, 01:36 AM

I have a hot swap hard drive where I've made virtual copies of the CD\DVDs and some ripped Blu-rays.

**Twilight Esker** · March 30, 2021, 05:16 AM

Most of the CDs I've stored properly should be just fine. I had a loss a few years ago, but that wasn't normal conditions. Incredibly slowly I've started to pursue the above thought as well. The little red labels are no excuse for letting earned money spent literally disintegrate.

**Sir Adrian** · March 30, 2021, 02:08 PM

I still have CD's from 2003 and 2004

**AoRun** · April 01, 2021, 05:50 AM

I still have my cd's/dvd's. Even our cassette tapes, betamax and VHS tapes.

**twgamer20197** · April 01, 2021, 11:33 AM

I still have CD's from 2003 and 2004

Did you recently check if they still work?

I still have my cd's/dvd's. Even our cassette tapes, betamax and VHS tapes

Are they still alive? Did you check it?

**Hesus de bodemloze** · April 01, 2021, 03:53 PM

I still have CD's from 1998. And i can confirm they still work.
You will need to fiddle around with some windows settings to make them compatible again but that's just a minor challenge.

**Condottiere 40K** · April 01, 2021, 11:56 PM

1. I recall hearing that in tropical climes fungus eats up cee dees.

2. I've gotten rid of dee vee dees, though the cee dees are in storage like my Magic cards.

3. I may start up a blu ray four kay collection.

4. I'll leave tapes, whether video or audio, to collectors.

5. And vinyl to connoisseurs.

**AoRun** · April 02, 2021, 04:53 AM

CD's and DVD's are still working. Can't check the cassettes, betamax and VHS since we don't have the player anymore.

**Muizer** · April 02, 2021, 02:54 PM

Got CDs all the way from the 80s. Still buy new ones. Not many though. Never have. I just don't trust I won't lose my music unless I have the physical copy. Don't by movies or games on disc though.

**Leonardo** · April 04, 2021, 03:21 AM

Originally Posted by Ishan

I have a hot swap hard drive where I've made virtual copies of the CD\DVDs and some ripped Blu-rays.

I do the same thing myself and the tool I use is the Partition Wizard.

**AoRun** · May 20, 2021, 01:58 AM

Originally Posted by typhil01

I only keep them because of nostalgia!!!

yup! same

**Ältester der Motten** · September 01, 2021, 06:15 PM

Thre's no reason to discard them until they're well beyond useless. So old image editing software can go, but old favourite games may still be fondly returned to. Music CDs will stay in my possession until they've literally broken down or I'm dead.

**Caeser67** · January 04, 2022, 05:45 AM

I keep my old CDs because I still listen to them, because I still want to listen to an album end to end, because life isn't always about the shuffle. I still have some of my DVDs, in a box, I don't even own a DVD player - they have fond memories and I keep saying I'll get a DVD player and rematch them.

**Basileos Leandros I** · January 06, 2022, 03:41 AM

100% I keep old CD's and DVD's. I still have the original CD's from the first Total War games in their original boxes, complete with the jewel cases in good / very good shape.

The oldest CD I have is from 1996 and it still works. I just take care of them and store them in a room with balanced temperature.

**Sir Adrian** · January 06, 2022, 05:05 AM

Originally Posted by twgamer20197

Did you recently check if they still work?

They work.

**zzzms** · January 10, 2022, 05:35 AM

I have CD's from the early 90's all working fine, DVD's from the late 90's all working fine. However, I used CD-R's [90's] and DVD-R's [00's] for back-ups, and have found that some are now unreadable. Luckily, I also have external drives for back-up purposes. They say that data doesn't exist unless it is in 3 separate places...