Getting Your Bytes in a Row - Archiving Your Files to Exernal Media
(Read the full article...)Now that your files and folders are well organized it is vital that you dont lose any of your precious memories or hard work. Backing up, or archiving, your work will preserve it should you ever experience a computer crash, a stolen hard drive or if in some other way your hard drive is rendered irreparable and information is irretrievable. Burning is the name given to copying information to media such as CDs, because literally the information is burnt using a laser into the surface of the disc. The term is also used for copying to other media also.