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It's important to mention the durability of the medium is very different when you compare writables to pressed, and there's a large variance in quality for writeables, particularly now that lots of old stock (with a history of non-favourable storage conditions) is intemixed with demand being low.

If you really value your data, use archive disks. They are costly, but they will actually reach their rated lifespan, often of 50-100 years.




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