dbminter Posted Monday at 02:59 AM Posted Monday at 02:59 AM I don't believe there's been much concrete data on the longevity of DVD-RW for archival purposes, but I believe I do have a relevant data point. I came across a RITEK 4x DVD-RW where I had written files to it in January of 2005. Nearly the entire disc's contents were full. I am in the process of copying over that data now. There's over 27,000 individual files, so the read process is slow. It's a bit over 50% done with nearly half an hour estimated to go. So, if this disc's contents can be fully read, this is a concrete, real world experience data point of the archival longevity of DVD-RW. One can expect data written to a RITEK DVD-RW to still be readable about 20 years later.
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