Transferring Digital Photos

Moving to a New Computer

With prices for home technology on a steady decline that has lasted since the 1980s people are regularly faced with the challenge of switching to a new computer. Switching to a new computer is a lot like moving to a new house: there are lots of things to set up at the new house but before all of that you have to pack, clean and get out of your old house! With a new computer there are also adjustments to be made. Of course there is the adjustment period to a new design, keyboard layout or operating system. The most challenging adjustment to make, however, is bringing the past into the future: transferring old files onto a new computer.

ZooFoo Batch Loader

Certain types of files (such as document files or saved web pages) are not graphically intensive and can easily be moved on any of a variety of storage devices. These devices include USB thumb drives, external hard drives, burnable media such as DVDs and even, if you are moving off of a truly old computer, the venerable floppy disk. More confounding challenges occur where larger volumes of data are concerned.

The type of data which people have the most of is image files - specifically digital photos. These files are not easily transferred between machines due to the large amount of storage required and the time needed to transfer them. As a result many people struggle to find an easy way to transfer digital photos to a new computer. This problem is compounded if the images need to be transferred to multiple computers or devices.

ZooFoo's Online Photo Management service and custom Batch Loading Application provide an elegant solution to this frustrating problem. When photos are stored and shared online with ZooFoo they can easily be accessed and downloaded from any computer. This solves the problem of getting them onto a new computer.

But how to get them off of the old computer?

Enter the ZooFoo batch loader. This powerful and easy to use tool lets you quickly upload thousands of photos to your ZooFoo account. You can organize a single huge directory or you can even retain complex organizational file hierarchies without batting an eye. The loader is a tiny, simple program that can be downloaded quickly and installed effortlessly to help you transfer digital photos.

Besides not having to deal with the headache or unreliability of external media devices when transferring your photos you also have the added benefit of a comprehensive online backup service meaning you don't have to do all this again next time you get a new computer. Your photos are now stored online and so you never have to worry about protecting and transferring them on a regular. In the even that you do need a hard copy of your files you can simply order a Backup DVD from ZooFoo and have your original files shipped directly to you.

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