For decades, Walgreens Photo has been the go-to spot for quick and affordable photo prints and digitization. But if you had your pictures scanned there, they likely handed them back to you on a cheap plastic disc.

Now, years later, that Walgreens Picture CD is scratched, unreadable, or completely failing. What do you do?

The Problem with Walgreens Photo Discs

Walgreens—and other drugstore photo centers—have been recklessly storing people’s irreplaceable photos and home movies on fragile, outdated technology: CDs and DVDs. These discs might have felt like a great solution at the time, but they are anything but reliable.

CDs and DVDs:
✅ Scratch easily from minor handling
✅ Suffer from “disc rot”—a chemical breakdown that makes them unreadable
✅ Crack under pressure

If you’ve ever had a scratched, unreadable, or cracked Walgreens Picture CD, you’re not alone.

Why Walgreens Photo Is NOT the Solution

Need to recover old photo prints, home movies, or slides? Walgreens Photo still pushes outdated solutions—converting film and prints to DVDs. But what good is transferring your memories to a format that’s already failing?

Think about it:

The average lifespan of a DVD is only 10-20 years.
DVDs get scratched just from normal use.
Many new computers don’t even have disc drives anymore.

Walgreens continues to sell DVD conversion services as if it’s still 2005.

The Right Way to Rescue Your Photos and Videos

Heirloom specializes in saving memories from all outdated formats, like VHS—including scratched, unreadable Walgreens Picture CDs and DVDs.

✅ DVD to Digital Service—we extract your photos and videos from failing discs.
✅ Advanced recovery techniques—we rescue data that Walgreens and others can’t.
✅ Cloud storage for peace of mind—never lose your memories again.

Don’t Let Walgreens’ Mistake Cost You Your Memories

If you’re struggling to recover photos from a damaged Walgreens Picture CD—or if you’ve stored your precious home movies, photo prints, or slides on their DVDs—don’t wait until they are gone forever.

Send them to Heirloom. We’ll digitize your photos and videos properly, without trapping them on another fragile disc.

Your memories deserve better than Walgreens. Let Heirloom bring them back to life.