Thank you very much, Bonnie! You have been most helpful. - Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 8:33 AM Subject: Re: [IL-CHICAGO] CD's last ? > The 'USB things" that can store data are also know as flash drives, jump > drives, thumb drives, etc. Seagate has a neat little 3" circular pocket > drive that has a 5GB capacity, for around $90 at Amazon. They also have > what they call an external hard drive,that is quite small that will > hold 100GB. Western Digital has a 40GB external HD that is about the > size of a deck of cards. Most of them are 2.0 USB - dont know if they > are backwards compatible with a 1.0 USB connection. > > If you are using CD's for the storage of photos, and want to be certain > they will last, all you need to do is burn a new one every few years. > Using up a few cd's would be cheaper than having to buy something right > now, when you know they will come up with something else, newer and > better in a year or so. > Bonnie > >