• OwOarchist@pawb.social
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    2 days ago

    There is no way to slow, prevent, or reverse the eventual decay of the data on the original disc.

    Maybe no way to prevent it or reverse it, but I bet there are ways that could slow it. Preventing exposure to light – especially sunlight – probably helps. And if you kept them at very low temperatures (like in a freezer), that would probably help as well. Pretty much every physical/chemical process slows down at lower temperatures.

    • Axolotl.cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      I’d not freeze it, I fear it may actually break it due to materials shrinking/expanding with such temperatures