- Its time to go through everything iv been hanging onto over the years
- optical media is reaching its limit, starting to rot
- seeing a pattern with disk condition
- music cds have the most rot
- prob spent time in the sun
- exposed to the elements
- cd dvd in cases in the best condition
- data backups
- never touched
- cds dvds in folder cases in good condition but needed cleaning
- light scratches found
- music cds have the most rot
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agk-CmrWMek
- https://www.reddit.com/r/computerforensics/comments/ul8e7r/a_starters_guide_on_recovering_damaged_and_rotten/
- https://secnigma.wordpress.com/2022/05/08/a-guide-to-recovering-damaged-and-rotten-cds/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddrescue
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvdisaster
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestDisk
- https://download.cnet.com/cd-recovery-toolbox-free/3000-2352_4-10646814.html