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Let’s start with a scenario that most computer users have faced at least once – imagine that your old PC is getting too slow to handle all the new and shiny applications and programs that have hit the Web lately, and you decide it’s time to upgrade to a new computer. After some research, you settle on the latest machine and you feel great when you bring it home and unpack it.

As you start activating the computer and its operating system…it dawns on you…what about all the software that you have on your old PC…the applications that you absolutely cannot do without…the ones critical to your home-office and your daily bookkeeping?! You can’t possibly lose that, can you?

If the above picture is anything your customers might find themselves in, well, don’t worry…we have a solution!

For many customers, Backup CDs fulfill these two requirements perfectly.

CDs and DVDs are sensitive optical recording surfaces. A good rule of thumb is to handle a DVD more carefully than a CD. Because a DVD consists of two sides glued together (each a mere 0.6 mm thick), it can be susceptible to damage from bending and/or twisting. Also, though DVD error-correction encoding is nearly ten times better than those of audio CDs, because of DVD’s much higher compression ratio, shorter pit length and narrower tracks, severe scratches can create occasional problems in playback. Here are some do’s and don’ts to safeguard your DVD, so that your precious data is readable for years to come.