Photos on Disc

[frenchbuck]

I have heard differant opinions on how long photographs on CD or DVD's will last. The range is between years to forever. I sure would like to know how much faith I can put in trusting family photos to a Disc. I always make a copy of the original and put it in a safe deposit box. Thanks to those who respond to my question

[gussery]

Magetic Media (Floppy Disks, Tapes, Unused Hard Drives) max 7 years actual is normally less but can be more.

Optical Media (assuming clean, cool environment) forever.  That of course assumes there is still a device available 100s of years from now, or even 10 for that matter,  that will read a CD.