Of the many industries revolutionized by digital technology, photography is arguably the field that has changed most irrevocably. Gone are the boxes of random photos and endless books of snapshots glued to black paper, replaced by digital photo frames, cell phones and hard drives filled with every shot our digital cameras take. As more and more of your photographic history gets turned into bytes and bits, the more archiving your digital photos becomes vitally important. Burning your photos to a CD is a simple way to backup your images and save them for future viewing. Recovering photos from a CD, damaged or otherwise, is a snap. If you have a lot of photos to copy, you should see a dialog box showing how long it should take. Once the copying process is complete, you have successfully recovered your photos from the CD. Clean the disk. An unreadable CD or DVD may just be dirty. Check for scratches if the CD still cannot be read. Polish the shiny surface of the CD with a metal polishing cream like Brasso or a hard car wax like Turtle Wax. These products can fill in the scratches, making it easier for the computer to read the CD. Allow the polish to dry thoroughly before trying again. If it can be read, recover the photos as you would on a working CD. Tips Writer Bio
