Vital Records Index CD's
Cleaning out old stuff and found Vital Records Index CD's British Isles, Scandinavia etc. We certainly don't need them anymore. I am wondering what I should do with them. Are they supposed to be destroyed?
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They may have already self-destructed. Each disk has 7 layers that can separate, because the edges were not sealed when they were manufactured. This is most noticeable in areas where there is high humidity and mildew enters and blackens the disks. I've lost $1000s as a result even though I am in a high desert area with little humidity, so perhaps excessive heat can also do damage to CDs and DVDs. (Scratches also don't help, but I used to have a descratcher kit for such incidents.) The disks I had were professionally loaded, but they didn't even last 10 years (gradually becoming disfunctional).
When I worked at a software development firm, we were instructed by Microsoft to either destroy all our disks or pay an astronomical fee every three years. The disks were snapped and tossed. (Use gloves and wear safety goggles when doing so).
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We were directed some years ago to destroy any CDs. Some of the newer computers no longer have a CD reader built in anyway.
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