Whether we like it or not, we're probably all eventually going to have to learn to deal with all the quirks of saving to CD's and flash drives. One factor that no one has touched on yet is that most new computers don't come with a floppy drive at all. We've had at least 6 people come into our FHC not knowing what to do because they bought new computers and didn't even notice until it was too late that there was no floppy drive. It also creates a problem with some of the Church's software that asks for a floppy -- you have to trick it into accepting a CD or flash drive. I'm in the process of writing up a "How To" list for saving and retrieving information on CD's and flash drives. Both methods have drawbacks, but if we're aware of them we can work around and avoid them as much as possible. I sure wish the 3" CD's were more available and less expensive. And I think you have to be careful in depending on the flash drives for long term storage. They're GREAT for transferring data from one place to another, but I've heard that they eventually burn out after a lot of use. Good luck to us all, Sherrie Apperson