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* <div class="Default">Regularly move information to current storage formats. Genealogists hold the responsibility to keep their own data in a current, readable, useable format.</div> | * <div class="Default">Regularly move information to current storage formats. Genealogists hold the responsibility to keep their own data in a current, readable, useable format.</div> | ||
* <div class="Default">Store information on more than one type of device.</div> | * <div class="Default">Store information on more than one type of device.</div> | ||
* <div class="Default">Prepare for the worst. | * <div class="Default">Prepare for the worst. '''''Scan all original photographs, and documents.'''''</div> | ||
* <div class="Default">Recover immediately. If a storage device fails, or is damaged, transfer the data to a safe location and replace the device.</div> | * <div class="Default">Recover immediately. If a storage device fails, or is damaged, transfer the data to a safe location and replace the device.</div> | ||
* <div class="Default">Learn from mistakes and tragedies. | * <div class="Default">Learn from mistakes and tragedies. '''''If a digital data catastrophe occurs, don’t allow the same mistake to happen again.'''''</div> | ||
=== A Reliable storage system === | === A Reliable storage system === | ||