Mike,
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I referenced an external hard drive (with tray) option in my post that is sold on Amazon for $34 but just now found one (from Haiway, also sold on Amazon) with a 5" tray and burner for $30.? Power connection is same as a cell phone charger with multiple connection types so computer port not required.? Can also copy a disc's contents wirelessly thru a touchpad or mouse, to 2 types of flash drives, and a storage card like used in digital cameras.? Super versatile.? This is not just for copying instructions and photos ... it can be used to transfer videos from CDs that I'm sure all of us possess.?
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I would not recommend relying on CD of any diameter to store info long-term.? Typically, they only last up to 10 years then something goes corrupt which makes getting the info off of the disc problematic.? In today's e-world, flash drives and external hard drives (no trays), which cost as little as $80 with 2 terabytes of capacity, are preferred.? I'm gradually transferring all of my archived CAD files and related to portable hard drives made by Seagate, considered to be the best by several researchers (I have 2 of the 8 TB for photos and 2 of the 4 TB for lower resolution files ... scanned slides are 130mb each and, despite having scanned several thousand of my own plus a few thousand from friends, it still takes a LONG time to use even 1 TB, let alone 8).
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I was way low on color printing prices at a UPS-like store ... it's now $1 per single sided page according to Google search dated July 2024.? At 20 pages, that gets pricey which makes having digital access that much more attractive.? Printing sheets for 2 kits would cost $10 more than the $30 external drive I found on Amazon which is limitless in what it can do.
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Jim King
