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 -- Bonnie Selig, RAOGK Volunteer, Find A Grave County Keeper, Jo Daviess Co., IL Researching S w a n, Mc C a n n , S e l i g and G o d f r e y Visit my Genealogy Homepage: http://tinyurl.com/4zq7z

Thanks Bonnie for the description. I couldn't have said it better!! I just couldn't remember what they were called. Senior moment I guess.... Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 5:33 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 > > -- > > Bonnie Selig, RAOGK Volunteer, Find A Grave County Keeper, Jo Daviess Co., IL > > Researching S w a n, Mc C a n n , S e l i g and G o d f r e y > Visit my Genealogy Homepage: http://tinyurl.com/4zq7z > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IL-COOK-CHICAGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: Send a message to > [email protected] > that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >