Thank you for clearing it up. Unfortunately it does seem like another research dead end

Anyone with a proper background would be kind enough to speculate whether this could lead to a possible cure?

I’ve never met someone that didn’t hate their rewritable CDs. After a few months of reading/writing they would go bad.

I agree, some floppies are particularly bad as well, but most I’ve handled worked okay

Let’s go back to web 1.0! (Or at least 2.0)