Kirk Brandt you are right . microfilm is a better way , under the right conditions it can last over 100 years and more . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Brandt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 10:38 AM Subject: [OHJACKSO-L] Cd' shelf life > Hey everyone, Here is what the experts on Tech TV have found out. As short a > time as 4 years ago some experts in the industry decided to start testing > cd's for long term storage. The results haven't been very good. The cd's > have started to lose their data. So Tech-TV's, show The Screen Savers have > suggested that we all take our cd's of data and pictures every year and > transfer them to newer cd's. Doing this will save all our data until a > stable CD id developed. Now with them saying this, Would you want to put all > those records on to today's CD's ? I sure wouldn't. I have been taking their > advice and copy my cd's over every year. IF I didn't not only would > I be worried about my computer data but all of my digital photos. So this > is definitely something to really think about! Cheryl Brandt > >