[White_Wolf]

When it comes to backing up data on CD's DVD's and Floppy's, which is more important the quality of the drive or the quality of the media it's writing to?

When I say "important" I am referring to storing data on a media, and coming back to that media a year later and having all the data still there and uncorrupted.

I notice most of my floppy disks don't work and half my CD-RW's contain a lot of corrupted data and I'm wondering if it is the result of cheap media or a cheap drive.

I really need to know this because I am shopping for a DVD/CD reader/writer and I don't know whether to go with a cheap one and use good media or go with a good drive and buy cheap media.