archival disaster: CD envelopes

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:42:34AM -0800, Matthew Godycki wrote:
> 
> > On  my  disks  from  2004,  the  window  is  adhering  to  the  disk.   When  I  try
> 
> > to  remove  the  CD  from  the  envelope,  the  window  is  sticking  to  the
> 
> > disk  and  tearing.   Big  and  little  bits  of  the  window  remain  on  the
> 
> > disk.   It  could  be  worse:  the  window  could  be  ripping  bits  off  the  CD,
> 
> > rendering  the  CD  useless.
> 
> 
> 
> Keep in mind a CD is read from the underside, not the label side.

The label side however contains the reflective surface for the CD.  DVDs
are of course very different.

--
Len Sorensen
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