i'm not convinced either. Kemal and i have our images backed up on 2 PCs and one laptop. We're also getting ready to buy some webspace ($6 a month) and back them up there. Then we're gonna buy some kind of external device that will simply do nothing by hold our images. it holds a helluva a lot, but that's all i know. I think then, we'll just back up our images on one PC but i'm not sure. no way do i trust CDs. i've seen where they can become unreadable. and so many of them have been damaged straight from the factory as 3DGuy says! oh man, kemal and i have had some BAD experiences with CDs! i thought DVD-Rs already ARE being used as a storage media? Well, i believe that's what Kemal and I use when we're on vacation. we download our images onto laptop and then back them up on DVD-R if i recall correctly. and those suckers are expensive!