I had a disk of photocollage I put together for my daughter a few years ago. Just months after I burned and had printed the files into a book for her, the disk was unreadable. It would have been better if I'd had sent it to a service bureau to output it to film. Sidney I routinely (I mean every time) write two copies of all data I consider worthy of troubling to write once. And, I read at least one file back off each copy. CD's are preffty reliable (for a few years) but are not infallible. Bob __________________________________________________________________________ Join Freeserve http://www.freeserve.com/time/ Winner of the 2003 Internet Service Providers' Association awards for Best Unmetered ISP and Best Consumer Application.