2006-11-16 15:43:55 · 4 answers · asked by fred6636 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
You can buy archive quality DVDs (which have a coating of 24-karat gold and are highly resistant to oxidation and therefore last much longer).
I have read that when using ordinary DVDs, you should duplicate them every four to five years as a safeguard. Avoid direct sunlight...and don't stick a label on it, which could deteriorate it faster.
Delkin make an Archival Gold DVD-R with a rating of 100 years
and an Archival Gold CD-R with a rating of 300 years.
Now, if only they could invent human longevity, so we could live long enough to see if they really do last that long...lol
2006-11-16 19:15:48 · answer #1 · answered by Petra_au 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make backups. protect your CDs inside a jewelcase, or one of those carrying CD cases - most CDs fail due to abuse. make sure you don't buy cheap CDs; do some research on CD quality. make 2 CDs with the same contents. put the pictures on your hard drive too (they don't take up much space anyway). set up a RAID (mirroring) hard drive system and put the pix there. put them perhaps on a DVD too. you can do plenty to protect your pix.
2006-11-17 00:12:50 · answer #2 · answered by Nick C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Print them out or move them to a hard drive.
2006-11-16 23:51:17 · answer #3 · answered by bored_at_work 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no problem
2006-11-16 23:52:04 · answer #4 · answered by alireza j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋