27 Sep
2005
It's almost tempting to write that article off as luddite scare mongering – but it is something that we need to keep in mind.
It's all well and good to archive our images to CD or DVD – but we need to also be prepared to migrate those archives in the future, once that technology has been replaced.
It's only 10 years ago that I was still storing documents on 3.5" floppy disks – now, I'd be hard pressed to lay my hands on a floppy drive of any sort.
It's not only being prepared to move your archives – it's being aware of where they all are. Putting your CDs of digital photos in a shoebox in the attic just won't cut it, I'm afraid.
And remember – make more than one copy, and store the copies in different places if you can.
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