This always comes up every few weeks and I always say the same thing; I've had dozens go bad on me and even being in a climate-controlled environment. The aluminum/metal substrate can delaminate, ruining them. I never trust them. Like I just said to David, that's why I use all kinds of backup and storage mediums. I don't know of any other way than multi-session to drag data on a CD, and be able to continue to do it at later dates. I guess that's considered multi-session. Optical media is much better than floppies, and (it's) the only way to include drivers that come with hardware. I don't know of any other physical direct person-to-person sharing method other than optical media. You can very well use HD's, and like I also just mentioned to David; all those flash drives and media cards are much too sensitive to electromagnetic fields. Get too close to one, and your data is fried. They are convenient, but can't be trusted. Also the RMA rate on flash drives are insane. I have a few, and half had to be returned! I've had customers put important things on them, and keep their digicam images on them, just to be lost. That's another thing that was not ready to be released to public. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://www.OrpheusComputing.com http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Vandervoort" CDs tend to be very reliable. The problem here is multi-session disks. I've seen this problem more than once, which is why I think it should be avoided. If you're just talking about sharing data, many better solutions have been around for a long time. David Grossman wrote: > Nonetheless, CD/DVD media has withstood the test of time, and > it is still > very popular. By now, it should have been replaced by > something better - and > less flaky. > David Grossman ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-