People who are suggesting Hard Drives clearly haven't tried to load information from an old IDE drive. The interface for internal media changes quicker than external - you can still buy 3.5" drives, and only for about $10. A technology usable since 1987 - 20 year storage without media transfer is amazing! Today you'd use DVDs: DVD's provide 4.7GB at a time, which for photos is fine. One just has to be careful of WHICH DVD's - the discount brand will degrade in about 10 years. Buy some "Medical grade DVDs" (online), and use them. Its not a cheap as buying a 1TB HD, but its portable, and more reliable.

huh - $3000 + a year probation for "correcting a misplaced apostrophe and comma". Isn't that a more serious punishment than a first time offender who assaults someone?