Do you still have photos on CD-R disks?

4 years 3 months ago #673373 by Brody Kross
We had a dinner party at my home on Saturday night.  My wives sister has a new boyfriend who turns out to be a photographer.  He saw my collection of CDs with photos backed up on them from back in the day.  He just emailed me this morning:  https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/16/18678447/9-11-ground-zero-world-trade-center-pictures-recovered

So here is where things get interesting for me.  I stopped backing up to CDs at least a decade ago.  On top of that, my computer these days doesn't even have a CD reader!  Which means I need to go out there and track down an external one.  How funny, seems like I'll be buying a record player!

But anyway, turns out CD's don't last forever. 


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4 years 3 months ago - 4 years 3 months ago #673387 by effron
I don't, hard drives only and a few on the cloud....and I believe nothing will last forever.

Why so serious?
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4 years 3 months ago #673404 by Nikon Shooter

Brody Kross wrote: …turns out CD's don't last forever. 


No, they don't and that's shame… the format was practical
for archiving and the prices were getting lower.

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 3 months ago #673450 by Soccer Mom
Nothing is going to last for every, that is why you need to make frequent backups.  

Canon 7D, 18-55mm, 55-250mm, 70-200mm L f/2.8, 100mm and 17-55mm f/2.8
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4 years 3 months ago #673534 by Randy Shaw
Moved from CD's to SSD and Cloud 2 years ago


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4 years 3 months ago #673603 by Sanford
All mine are on local hard drives (SSD) and Dropbox


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