provided you dont get any kind of fungus on the cd itself, i've lost a few to a fungus that eats the media material ! On Tuesday 03 September 2002 02:06 pm, you wrote: > > Storing floppies that you value in a suitable environment can help. > > Storing anything you value on a floppy without a decent backup is a bad > idea. CD-Rs are much more reliable and will probably outlive the drives to > read them. > > > ***************************************************************** > Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts > (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com -- Thank-you for your time. John Ward -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads