It is better to have your digital photos saved on a CD along with a copy of prints. Photos on CD means you can have slide shoes share with friends and family and it costs less too. A normal CD can store atleast upto 400+ images.
CD are better way to make your photos safe if you store them on your computer. Computers and laptops are not the best place to store photos as they can get deleted, attacked by virus or lost in crash.
Burning photos on CD is really easy all you have to do is select photos you want to burn and click copy to CD from left sidebar. Click write files to Cd in cd writing tasks follow instructions on the cd writing wizard.