I write all my designs on CD.I have been told the life of a CD is 10 years, so any one backing designs up on CD is advised to rewrite them after about 7 years.This was told to me by a comp."nerd".

never heard of this but its understandable.... afterall nothing lasts forever. mpo, is that your kitty?? its absolutely adorable!!

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by mpo14011 14 Jun 2008

No. It is not my kitty.So the picture somewhere and thought it was soooo cute.My little kitty is too shy to pose like this.

That's funny... I'm still listening to music CDs I bought in 1987... ;-) Def Leppard and Heart! LOL I love your cute little kittie avatar... furry little fella. lol

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by mpo14011 14 Jun 2008

Yes, me too.And yet there are some CDs that don't even last that long.I think we had better play it safe with our designs,though, and rewrite after a few years.They are precious!

I personally like the memory sticks to save things plus I use a backup drive.

Thanks for the info. I have designs on floppies and CD's. I really need a jump drive. Gave hints to my hubby yesterday, wonder if he'll remember?

I had work records on CDs 4 years old they are no good now so it might have something to do with type of CD

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by mpo14011 14 Jun 2008

Yea.It is a good idea to get good quality CDs.

I didn't know this, but know that the life of CD so much better than the floppy, and then jump drives better. I have not started storing on jumb drives, but have a friend doing that - mainly for space. My machine runs by jump drive, and sometimes I forget what is one what drive. But - we are getting there.

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by minnieb 14 Jun 2008

what are jump drives

by gerryb 14 Jun 2008

I think they are those little "sticks" that go into a USB port. Can get them in many sizes memory. Have heard them called "thumb drives" and "flash drives."

Didn't know that but thanks for letting us know . i wonder what it is for other storage devices.