A Generation of Memories at Risk

You’ve been using your digital camera for years now. And not too long ago you figured out how to copy the pictures to your computer to share with others via email and online. Then you really got smart and started copying them to DVDs for safekeeping. Now you don’t have to worry about your computer crashing and taking all your family memories with it, right? Ah… wrong. And  you’re definitely not alone.

We’ve been led to believe our CDs and DVDs will last decades but now people are discovering the organic dye used to store the data on is prone to breaking down over time, so fast in fact that you will be lucky if your memories are still readable if you burned them more than a few years ago.

So, quickly now, go grab your saved memories and see how healthy they are. Let us know here in the comments what you discover.