I too wonder how long CD's will be around. Remember when we had the 5 1/4 inch floppies? Now they are obsolete. I have put a lot of pictures on CD's, but also have the originals. Am also printing out others from the ones I have saved on my computer. I like the convenience of the CDs but am not sure of the permanence. Jo in PA ----- Original Message ----- From: "connie beachy" <cbeachy@gcnetmail.net> To: <MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:09 PM Subject: [MDGARRET] CD STORAGE > I keep wondering if CD's and floppies will still be around 10 years from > now. > > Connie > > > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > >
CDs should be around another 10yr....floppy drives are still in pcs ... but my floppy drive never gets used. You can always copy CDs to DVDs in future years. Many DVD drives read CDs. What I am concerned about is printing photos with ink jet. I don't expect these photos to be of very good quality in 10yr. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Betty Jo Friend [mailto:lennyjo@access995.com] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:59 PM To: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] CD STORAGE I too wonder how long CD's will be around. Remember when we had the 5 1/4 inch floppies? Now they are obsolete. I have put a lot of pictures on CD's, but also have the originals. Am also printing out others from the ones I have saved on my computer. I like the convenience of the CDs but am not sure of the permanence. Jo in PA ----- Original Message ----- From: "connie beachy" <cbeachy@gcnetmail.net> To: <MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:09 PM Subject: [MDGARRET] CD STORAGE > I keep wondering if CD's and floppies will still be around 10 years from > now. > > Connie > > > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > Looking for your Garrett County ancestors? Make sure to visit us on the web at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgarret/index.html > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net.