Kurt Gerecke, a physicist and storage expert at IBM Deutschland GmbH, takes this view: If you want to avoid having to burn new CDs every few years, use magnetic tapes to store all your pictures, videos and songs for a lifetime. <javascript:ol('http://computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,1080 1,107607,00.html');> http://computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,107607,00.html Jesse Wilkins CDIA+, EDP, LIT, ICP, ECMp, ERMp IMERGE Consulting [log in to unmask] (303) 574-1455 office (303) 484-4142 fax Yahoo! IM: jessewilkins8511 List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance