Michelle, Sabrina's Mom wrote: > "Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote in message > news:9f73e$473d71bc$83b4502b$21671@news1.tudelft.nl... >> Just a quick reminder since there seems to be a few beginners reading this >> thread. Don't rely on long term storage on CD-Rs. I found a batch of 4 >> yesterday, all of which are unreadable. Fortunately I have all my CDs >> backed up to an external harddrive, so it's easy to burn more. DVDs are >> more stable. If you have to use CDs, make duplicates from different >> manufacturers. The reason all 4 of mine failed at the same time is because >> they all came out of the same box, and thus presumably the same batch. At >> least different batches should fail at different times! >> Lesley Robertson >> > That's helpful advice, thanks Lesley > > Plus when you burn always burn with the verify option... and choose the "close session" option... if you leave the session open you can burn more data on the CD's but if you upgrade software down the line that does your burning or get a new computer you may not be able to read the older discs. ALWAYS ALWAYS close the session when you are sure you want to keep the files. Allen