Before you head off to that New Year’s Eve party, consider backing up all of your image files onto at least two other storage units (DVDs, CDs, portable hard drives, whatever). Some even put one of these storage units “off site”, perhaps at a relative’s home, in case of fire or flood.
Just ask yourself what would happen if your hard drive failed right now–what would you lose without a back up plan?
Of course, the print is the ultimate back up–no electricity failures or disc corruption to worry about. You and your grandchildren will always be able to view a nice print!