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Originally Posted by Halcyon
CD's don't last forever. Always a good idea to back them up to a hard drive.
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Yep, regardless of any cleaning products, recordable CDs degrade over time.
Depending on quality, their lifespan could be as short as 20 years. Commercial [eg Music] CDs [should] last a lot longer.
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Originally Posted by Rillington
My concern regarding doing this is that it could damage the device I was playing the disc on.[/COLOR]
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In short, No, a CD/DVD player simply shines a laser at the disk.
They wont be damaged any more than a torch would be if you shined it at one.