Some say I am a packrat, to them I say :: "I am not, I am just really attached to things and especially pictures and personal memomentos" . A few years ago I began digitalizing things so that I could enjoy my memories and things and my husband could enjoy the rest of the house. I took photos, scans and put them onto CD's and then I saved up and purchased a nice portable disk drive that could be locked for security (BIG MISTAKE!!) and moved pictures off my computer onto the portable disk drive, not nervous at all because I had my CD's as backup...
Well as the song says, "WRONG AGAIN!" much to my heart break, two of the cd's have a scratch or error and will not read in the computer, the disk drive on my laptop is not working and worst of all, the disk drive that has THOUSANDS of pictures spanning the 10 years we have been here in Carolina (much of Charles 15.11 months of life) are on this drive that is now not working.
I have pictures in many photo albums and many are posted in 2 or 3 places on digital storage but the task of figuring out where I put specific pictures is very difficult now that I can't remember everything I use to know at the click of a button. It has taken me months to collect and reorganize my files and convert pictures, and videos to be able to load. I am searching for the best tools to keep things organize from here on and that those interested in seeing the pictures and files can use when I am gone.
I hope these pictures bring joy to younger generations and help people understand who I was and what I valued...Family! History! and anything I was blessed to be a participant.
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