Data Rot

Both hardware and software become obsolete and the result is your data may become trapped in a format or on a machine that is unreadable.  Don't believe me, watch David Pogue's video:

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What can you do?  Be vigilant and be ready to migrate your data before it is unreadable.  There is indeed a whole industry that has evolved to do just that:  migration.  The point is you need to look after your own data and move it on to new formats.  Experts recommend doing so every ten years.

Thanks to Eric Cooperstein and Sam Gover of The Lawyerist for pointing me to David Pogue's excellent video!

- Peter H. Berge

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