Best way to preserve digital pictures for years to come?

[DrumminBoy]

I have thousands of pictures I've taken throughout high school, and I'm trying to figure out the best way to preserve all of them so I could view them later in life. Burning a cd/dvd was my first thought, but I'm not sure that there will be hardware around in 20-30 years to read them. Any suggestions?

 

[Ketteringo]

Print them?

 

[Anubis]

best bet is still CD/DVD

there really isnt anything else

 

[Crusty]

You can't plan that far into the future with computers, just burn a dvd, and then when time comes back them up to a better solution.

 

[IamElectro]

Put them on DVD.. And change them to new media as it comes along. Look at VHS its still around (dying fast) but its technology lasted 25 years.

 

[BillGates]

Keep them on your hard drive with an optical backup of your choice. Or find a hella good webhost and upload them all there and hope they're still around later!

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Don't burn a dvd, too unreliable at this point. Try a Taiyo Yuden CD-R, with multiple burns, stored multiple places, on multiple discs

 

[TheToOTaLL]

Hundreds of 3.5" Floppy Disks
























I'd go the CD/DVD route, with an extra copy thrown in a fireproof safe.

 

[imported_Mike]

Get a dvd burner, burn all pictures to dvds & why are you worrying about 15 years from now. When a new type of media comes out, just transfer them over...jebus

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: CheapArse
Get a dvd burner, burn all pictures to dvds & why are you worrying about 15 years from now. When a new type of media comes out, just transfer them over...jebus

^ Agreed

 

[petery83]

i would just burn multiple copies to cd and save them in different locations

 

[Confused]

Burn them to CD/DVD, and reburn them onto new disks in every couple of years. The life of CD/DVDs at the moment isn't really enough to reliably save data for years

And if anything new comes out, then you can just reburn them on that too


Confused

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: CheapArse
Get a dvd burner, burn all pictures to dvds & why are you worrying about 15 years from now. When a new type of media comes out, just transfer them over...jebus

^ Agreed

yup just transfer to newer better media in the future

 

[KB]

Burn to DVD/CD as everyone says. How you store CDs does affect the life of the CD. It is recommended you store them in a cool, dark room and don't use sticky labels.

 

[wyvrn]

Erase a portion of your memory and upload them there. Keanu Reeves carried several gigabytes, albeit with nasty side effects.

 

[crimson117]

Originally posted by: wyvrn
Erase a portion of your memory and upload them there. Keanu Reeves carried several gigabytes, albeit with nasty side effects.

Yeah, but those side effects wouldn't have been present if he'd had more than half a brain to begin with.

 

[dquan97]

what about an external HD?

 

[caitlion]

dont let your moms bf touch your computer. ever.

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: dquan97
what about an external HD?

Hard drives aren't designed to be turned on/off every now and then. They work best when always running.

What I said above is the best method. EOT


Confused