DumbasSi

My collection of digital photos is quickly growing and I'd like to start saving them to disc instead of taking up space on my hard drive.

I was wondering what would be the best type of discs to use. CD-R, CD-RW, or anything else.

imported_Moe_Mentum

You could save the to CD-R but just have to remember the CDR 's have a limitted lifespan. Depending on the size you could just open up a G-mail account and save the pictures there. Or if you are looking to store then long term then tape drives last the longest.

But for costs and ease of use just burn them to a CDR .. no point in wasting a CDRW if you plan on keeping the pictures on disc for awhile.

imported_hdave

easiest way is to just keep burning on to CDRs

DumbasSi

About how many pics could be stored on a CDR?

imported_viper_2_4

screw that CDR, burn them to DVD-R.....you can get dual layer DVDs that store 8.5 gig.....

Cynikal.Mindset

dvd is my choice

DumbasSi

Whats the dif between DVDs and CDs?

Notorious

DVD's are 4.7 gigs, CD's are 700 megs.

Youd need a DVD burner for the DVD's, and a DVD player to view them.

I would suggest CD's because anyone can view them, or invest in an external hard drive. (I got an external, and its great for storage and backup)

Notorious

You can fit quite a large amount on CD's, depending on how large each pic is. Most pics will be around a meg or so.

imported_viper_2_4

external harddrive would definitly be a good idea, but they are more costly than other mediums...

imported_viper_2_4

so thats like 650 picures on a CD, or 8500 on 1 DVD....

Cynikal.Mindset

i know at current I have over 10gb of photos...I would rather have them on 2-3 dvd rather than 5-7 cds...plus blank dvds and dvd burners are cheaper or the same as their cd counterparts

imported_angryasian

i would get an external hard drive

DumbasSi

CD it is. Thanks guys.

DumbasSi

Ok so last night I treid to use the discs. The problem is that I have no idea how to save them to the discs. Do I use Mediaplayer or something to do it or do I need photo editing software.

Help?!

imported_viper_2_4

if your just trying to save them to disk, windows XP has some software built in that will allow you to do it fairly well...

DumbasSi

I must be an idio. I still can't figure it out.

droppedatbirth

I'm not using XP right now. But off the top of my head here's what you do. Open MyComputer and open the folder where you have all your files then drag the files onto the CD Burner drive. Right click on the CD Burner drive and there should be an option that says write these files to CD.

Most CD burners come with a software called Nero that is a user friendly program to burn CDs. I find it much better then the one that comes with XP

imported_Joker

dra to cd drop em like their hot ****
done deal

yea yea

DumbasSi

I figured it out. My burner wasn't set up correctly and it was giving me the option to burn. Its fixed. Thanks.