[Ham-Computers] DON'T trust those CD roms for important storage!

[johngadd at comcast.net]

I have had that issue with several CD using Nero 7. The software comfirms the burn. It sends the instructions to the burner but it dosent burn . Where the CD formatted before the burn? Can you read any disk on the burner? More info please.

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From: "Philip, KO6BB" <ndb_fch-344 at sbcglobal.net> 

> Hi, 
> Somewhat over a year ago the creator of the very good Shortwave logging 
> program called SWLog program got PO'd at the complaints he was receiving and 
> dropped support. About the same time that the German company providing an 
> excellent SWL database readable by SWLog quit providing it free to amateurs. 
> Then the SWLog program was reintroduced, but with a totally different 
> makeup, requiring the download and configuration of a LOT of new files from 
> Microsoft etc. 
> 
> Since I was revamping a lot my computer stuff here, I first backed up all 
> the SWLog files and it's logbook containing many years of SWL logs to two CD 
> ROMs, then removed the program and files from my computer as I wasn't doing 
> a lot of SWLing. 
> 
> Today I decided to open up the log files with Microsoft Office Access (it 
> was supposed to be editable with Access) and see if I could export them to a 
> format that I could read in Excel. 
> 
> Imagine my chagrin when NEITHER CD rom was readable on my computer (they 
> were "burnt" on this machine and the same drive). To the computer both 
> disks appeared to be blank, they were supposedly quality products from TDK. 
> And yes, in case anyone is wondering, I'm CERTAIN they checked out fine 
> right after burning. I always burn with the little block checked that 
> compares the written disk against the original files. 
> 
> Interestingly enough, the disks containing the scans of all my SWL QSL cards 
> are the same brand and are still readable, though all those card scans are 
> also on my Internet "Photobucket" site and could have been retrieved if need 
> be. 
> 
> The disks weren't stored in any temperature stress areas as the radio room 
> is air conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter, I keep it around 
> 68-75 degrees when possible. 
> 
> So, now I'm "logless" as far as SWLing goes, all my beacon and ham logs are 
> intact as they always reside on the computer hard drives as well as FLOPPY 
> disks. . . 
> 
> So, the upshot is, don't trust those CD ROMs for important stuff, and if you 
> do, check them frequently. I'm sure that in this instance, I just got a bad 
> batch. But that's small consolation. 
> 
> 73 de Phil, KO6BB 
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> 
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