Solved What kind of CDs do should I use for Rescue Disks?

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Hello, I want to make some bootable Antivirus CDs, and I would like to know what kind of CDs to use. There are lots of them, which one is the most reliable, and cheapest? I have no experience with disks, because in the past I put it all on USB drives, but I would like to start using some disks.
 

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Thanks. But if you had to use a disk, which one would you use? CD? DVD? I have no idea what kind will work, etc. I will most likely stay with USB after reading that, but I still want the info on the disks.
 

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I would use DVD+/-R because of it storage capacity.
 

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Okay thanks. The reason why I wanted to get some DVDs is because I can buy them in bulk. I can get 100 DVD R+ with 4.7 GB each for $25. I don't think I could get USBs with that kind of deal.
 

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Good deal. You can only write once and cannot reuse it.
 

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Oh, I did not know you could only write once! This is the info I need, never used DVDs. What else should I know? Still, I probably will only need to write once, i'll burn one iso on each one.

Yes, I prefer USBs. Its just that DVDs are seeming more organized for me now. I can have a separate disk for each bootable CD in its own labeled case on the shelf. Can't do that with USBs.
 

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Your welcome.
 

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I'd like to add that the CD/DVD writeable media will start to break down over time - not good for long term storage (10 or so years maybe.) I have old DVD+RW media I used for backups which started to fail at about 10 years. USB flash/SSD drives have a limited number of writes so they should be replaced from time to time - though if they're not written to often they should last well over 10 years I would think. And regular hard drives in USB enclosures, as always, have more of a propensity toward failure in general - too many possible points of failure in comparison. Used regularly I'd replace regular hard drives after about five years. You should do more research to validate my claims, however; this is all off the top of my head though I have done quite a bit of research on the matter in the past.
 

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