You can stick a newspaper clipping in a folder and read it in 50 years. Not so with digital content: both the media AND the format can become unreadable. With so much of the world’s data - and yours - in digital form, more people wonder: how do I keep my pictures, music, videos, documents and more around for decades? Floppies? Tape? Flash Drives? Here's how.

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