3-4 years is probably too long for DVD's unless you're using gold.
There are lots of CD failures reported in the 1-2 year range and DVD's
are less reliable than CD's. Better check 'em.
Chuck Norcutt
Skip Williams wrote:
> I don't have ANY CD's. All my backup is on a pair of 300 Gig USB 2.0
> drives. One is live, one is a backup. When I get my new computer early
> next year, I'm planning to use a similar size drive as a Network
> Attached Storage device and the USB drives as backup again.
>
> I'll burn DVD's for photos that I never access and re-burn them every
> 3-4 years for permanency.
>
> Skip
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