CD or DVD Storage?

Many people use both CD and DVD disks in order to store their precious photographs for the future, but how safe is the data on these media?

To find out, the US Library of Congress did some research into this and discovered that both media were subject to serious deterioration over time depending on the conditions that the disks were stored in.  However, CD media was found to be much more reliable than their DVD counterparts.   This is worrying since many people are now using DVD disks to store their data due to having higher storage capacities.

So it seems that if your family photos are stored on CD or DVD disks that you may well find that they have become unreadable in just a few years time!

Which all goes to show that the printed media is not dead!   Many manufacturers are quoting inkjet print lifetimes of 200 years or more and how many DVD players will be around in 200 years let alone readable disks?

Now is the time to transfer your precious images to paper or digitally printed album to safeguard the images for the future!

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