Why can't I read old CD-Rs?
Looking for some files archived on CD-R back in late '99. Out of 4 discs, I can only read 1 of them. Tried it on my Dual 1 gig and and an old 7600 running 9.x. I'm baffled. I used these discs before and had them stored in a safe so I can't imagine what went wrong with them.
OSX says "there aren't any files that OSX can read - do you want to continue? Click yes, but nothing shows up.
Any ideas on how to get the data off of them?
Chas
OSX says "there aren't any files that OSX can read - do you want to continue? Click yes, but nothing shows up.
Any ideas on how to get the data off of them?
Chas
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my backup cd's are in a perfect condition and i used them not so long ago with now problem.
in between now and then i have ofcourse installed macosx so it's not that hard to locatev the overall problem - but i can't even open the files in classic mode!
haven't yet tried to reboot from my old 9.1
i thinks i toasted my stuff from 9.0 and below.
it is no all my backups that behave in this manner. only the real important ones...
[ 02-25-2003: Message edited by: RodUK ]</p>
<strong> if I buy a new Mac, I read the data off the old CD-Rs using the old Mac, then burn it onto new CD-Rs using the new Mac, </strong><hr></blockquote>
so, for every new mac and operating system, you're supposed to..... backup your backup disks by backing them up? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
hmm.....
Makes me wonder about all of the other backup CD/DVDs I've got around here...
Chas
they are the only cd's over 5 years old where they all still all readable to this day.
every other brand i've ever tried will have some to most of the cd's not working at this point.