BBC: Why your early 2000s photos are probably lost forever

[Godfrey]

The best way to preserve your photos for the ages is to create a photo book of them, publish it, and register it with the Library of Congress. Provide the LoC a full digital or print example of the work for their archives.

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[oldwino]

That is also a really good idea.


If I start printing photos for each year, I'll also put a USB stick with each photo album that contains all those images and more.

The problem with these stick flash drives is they do not last unless regularly used (energized). Even then, the estimate is the data will start corrupting in 3-5 years.

 

[Archiver]

The problem with these stick flash drives is they do not last unless regularly used (energized). Even then, the estimate is the data will start corrupting in 3-5 years.

Another option is to burn a M Disc with the appropriate images, perhaps.