I store all my photos on CD-R, DVD-R and on my external 12GB USB1 hard drive. The important thing to remember is to delete photos that suck, such as out of focus images, or accidents. No need to keep them all.
Another problem is consumers buy those ridiculous 10MP+ P&S cameras, when all they really need is 4MP (in fact, less MP may even look better), so shoot on a lower setting in that range. All that high MP P&S images do is take up hard drive space, gluttons, and take forever to load into photo software. Most of my images are 2-4MB each, from a professional 3MP camera.
That can change if you crop a lot, but if you tend to shoot the frame you want in the camera, all those extra pixels do nothing. In fact, too many MP can actually make an image look worse, more noise from the CCD.
That does not help with what you've got now, but may help in the future, if storage is a concern. For now, just buy a 200-disc wallet and stick DVD-R or DVD+R full of images in there. Or a spindle. Only do the wallet if you plan to rarely access the discs.
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