Family photographs trapped on an old CD · Proposed air date:
A Minnesota genealogy researcher collected relatives' old photographs, scanned them on a Windows 95 computer and burned them to a CD that his newer machine can no longer read. Dr. Dave explains the compatibility problem, offers several levels of recovery and promises an email follow-up when football preempts the caller's station—a small story about why digital family preservation requires continuing care.
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