Recovering data from cd, and planning a better archiving now.

Hi
I have done some back ups about 3 years ago on some CDs.
Today I was going through the old stuff to burn again on DVDs and reorganise my filing.
Most of the files are psd images and were fine, but I came across few files that seems to be corrupted in some ways. Although I can see the photo icons in Finder.
These were burned on a Windows machine at the time, before switching to mac.
On a same cd, I can read some files and transfer them, but there are some I can't do anything with.
1/ Are they lost?
2/ if not How to recovers them?
3/ What is the best way to store images.
4/ I am really concerned about this issue, as I am now shooting on digital.
My storage at the moment is to burn 2 duplicates on 2 DVDs. Is that good enough.
Many thanks.

Thank you for the information.
I effectively use hard drives for backing up my current system and working files.
I was looking for a more permanent solution, something I can store for few years until I need them again, and probably wrongly assumed that CD and DVDs would last for at least 5 years. I did a bit of reading since the post, and while manufacturers claim up to 100y, it seems that 2 to 3 years are more realistic for the life span of these media.
Would you say that a hard drive would be a better solution?
I am looking at 4 to 6 hds to purchase if I want to backup the backup. ouch
I bookmarked the link. thanks

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