Every time i need to make a backup, I’m wondering what the best way of doing this is.

For now, I’m making temporary backups of all my pictures using Windows’ ‘Backup’ functionality. I archive my entire hierarchy of pictures into an archive-file and store this file on a separate disk.

But for more permanent (and removable) storage that can be used for archival purposes, what is currently the state-of-art?

I found this article:

http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media/

Read this article for more and detailed information. In short, this is what I learned from this article:

1. Use Tayio Yuden manufactured DVD+R (single layered) discs.
2. A good place to buy them is here: http://www.supermediastore.com/taiyo-yuden-dvd-plus-r-media.html?WT.mc_id=cjtext. They guarantee that these disks are made by TY.
3. MAM-A and Kodak have come up with a gold archival media. The quality of these types of media are excellent and may even be better than TY’s… but their price is much much higher ($2+ per disc).

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