Upgrading from an old Computer to a more recent is a kind of lifestyle in the digital universe. It’s a neverending cycle of upgrades and level ups re speed and power. Techies spend heaps of money “future-proofing” their machines making them prepared for the more recent and better upgrades to come. One outstanding problem that each user face when upgrading is info migration. In the old days, I keep my info on floppy drives which holds about 1mb and is rendered practically worthless after a month or so. So it was essentially safer to keep your information in 20mb hard drives instead of leaving it in a floppy where information can be wiped out by simply getting by a magnetic field or exposing it in direct daylight. When optical compact discs arrived, it laid the groundwork for a tough information Continue reading →