Tech Myths: CD Chills and Phone Thrills

[Major7up]

[citation][nom]ProDigit80[/nom]I wonder if storing a CD over a prolonged time in the freezer would benefit compared to keeping it at room temperature.Most of my self burned CD's of the '90's are all done for!Some CD's and DVD's of 2000-2004 show errors.I understand the tests with keeping a CD in the freezer overnight is bogus. But perhaps as a method of storing the info for years, could give some better results!Also, if a CD is 'bad', is there a possibility to play it back on another device to recover the data (eg: dvd player, or blueray player, or a very old CD ROM device)?[/citation]
I would not think so. The pinholes that are referred to in the article are parts of the reflective layer than are missing and I don't see how you can get something back that is no longer present.

 

[kingnoobe]

You may not be able to get back the data that is gone, but I think he means to recover some of the data. And there are ways to do this. Which is why people dont' just break cd's in half when they don't want the data read. They cook them in some form or fashion.