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Comment on Safe photo storage ideas? by CiaoChao

CiaoChao — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:50:59 +0000

Get a second 500GB drive (or sell the 500 and get 2x250), and set up RAID 1 (mirrored drives) on them. RAID 1 writes identical data to two drives, therefore if one fails, the other one has all data preserved. You can then replace the failed drive, and repeat process.
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Comment on Safe photo storage ideas? by Bob

Bob — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:05:59 +0000

Find a specialist computer shop and you will find they can probably recover the stuff on the disc unless the disc itself is broken which is unlikely.

In future.
A. don’t put your drives in a place where you are going to spill, bang or knock them on the floor (think you know this now already)
B. use two drives and duplicate your work.
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Comment on Safe photo storage ideas? by Shansi

Shansi — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:33:59 +0000

How about a file server? I have a couple at home for storage purposes, including my multimedia works. I also have a back-up server just in case.
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Comment on Safe photo storage ideas? by Jd

Jd — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:59:59 +0000

i read this question and cringed… i too havea 500GB WEstern digital that i use to store my photos… now i read this and KNOW exactly what you need!!!!

http://www.adorama.com/VDLARH250FU.html
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Comment on Safe photo storage ideas? by kaptainfelix

kaptainfelix — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:19:59 +0000

Have a look here -

http://www2.shopping.com/xPP-hard_drives-SSD_external_hard_drive~FD-0~CR-2
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Comment on Safe photo storage ideas? by veito da costa

veito da costa — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:56:59 +0000

Western Digital Passport.
Small and flat, so its harder to knock over.
Portable also.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&x=0&ref_=nb_ss_ce&y=0&field-keywords=western%20digital%20passport&url=search-alias%3Delectronics
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Got one myself.

Comment on Safe photo storage ideas? by Fishmeister

Fishmeister — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:34:59 +0000

First of all I am going to be honest and say that you should use your head about where you place your external HD, near the edge of a desk is just plain dumb. I keep my images on an external HD and every week or so I back up to DVD’s. It is not likely that I will need to resort to using the DVD’s, but it is handy to know they are there. Most of my images are shot on film so I have the luxury of having film negatives as back up, which will be around long after I’ve gone. If you do not want to back up to DVD because you are disorganized then pull your finger out and get sorting your catalogue, spend a day doing it and it will make your life a lot easier. Don’t forget that DVD’s are not guaranteed to keep your images safe forever, they can degrade over time. Once a year provide fresh copies just to be safe. Also consider online storage, it is not something I need to do but it may appeal to you.

Also seriously consider doing a copy of the DVDs, or buying another external HD, making yet another backup of everything and storing it at another location in case of fire.

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Comment on Safe photo storage ideas? by BAMF! ? <3 ?

BAMF! ? <3 ? — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:11:59 +0000

maybe get 2 different usb drives or try to save them 0n a stick , even print them off and if you need them to be on your pc just scan them in, and yer try a external drive very very usefull =D
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Comment on Is this a good computer? by juggalo3_2000

juggalo3_2000 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:06:59 +0000

i agree with daniel. you should build your own. u can build all of that for way cheaper
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Comment on Is this a good computer? by Computer Tech

Computer Tech — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:54:59 +0000

Very nice computer. how much? 1200
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