Do you have all your memories backed up? - GoFuckYourself.com

Rinaldo · 10-06-2005, 09:21 AM

I was going through all my photos. I have about 2,000 from college and before in a large bin in my closet, I'm fairly certain (barring a flood or a fire) that they'll always be with me, but my digital pics are a different story.

How do you go about backing them up? I was reading that CDs only last 2 years and we all know harddrives crash. what did you do to back up your memories?

StuartD · 10-06-2005, 09:23 AM

I do this silly little thing called "remembering" and well... so far so good.

Robx · 10-06-2005, 09:32 AM

I only have personal photos. They're important, but if I was to loose them, I wouldn't loose any money. I archive them on an external hard drive that is only powered up when I back up photos to it. So that reduces the Chance of mechanical failure.

If I was archiving professional photos, I would likely build a cheap Linux server, load up Samba for file sharing and put in a RAID array of disks. It would likely cost about $500 - $700, but I would always know where my photos were and that they'd be there when I needed them.

snipah7 · 10-06-2005, 09:36 AM

I eat lots of cheddar to ensure my hard drive never crashes.

mardigras · 10-06-2005, 09:40 AM

I have one folder for my digital pics. Each time I add new pics I back up the whole folder to DVD, so older pics have many backups. This came in handy when my house flooded in Katrina because I was able to salvage all (or at least all I remember

) of my pics and put them on my new computer.

My biggest loss was home videos. I had bought a standalone DVD recorder to transfer them to DVD, but had only gotten a few of them done.

Anyone know if there's a company that specializes in removing salty storm surge from video tapes?

Funbrunette · 10-06-2005, 09:51 AM

I'm the back up Queen....lol

Rinaldo · 10-06-2005, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Funbrunette

I'm the back up Queen....lol

SO external HDs are the way to go?

I have an Ipod, is that safe enough?

woj · 10-06-2005, 10:44 AM

I just have a seperate hard drive for backups, it's probably easiest and most reliable way to backup stuff...

Rinaldo · 10-06-2005, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woj

I just have a seperate hard drive for backups, it's probably easiest and most reliable way to backup stuff...

cool,
I have a laptop so It gets banged and bumped, I have been thinking about an external drive for some time, I'm going to buy one.
ANyone recommend a decent online store for this?

Tigerdirect still a good place?

10-06-2005, 09:21 AM	#1
Rinaldo Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: South Florida Posts: 5,086	Do you have all your memories backed up? I was going through all my photos. I have about 2,000 from college and before in a large bin in my closet, I'm fairly certain (barring a flood or a fire) that they'll always be with me, but my digital pics are a different story. How do you go about backing them up? I was reading that CDs only last 2 years and we all know harddrives crash. what did you do to back up your memories?

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mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	I have one folder for my digital pics. Each time I add new pics I back up the whole folder to DVD, so older pics have many backups. This came in handy when my house flooded in Katrina because I was able to salvage all (or at least all I remember) of my pics and put them on my new computer. My biggest loss was home videos. I had bought a standalone DVD recorder to transfer them to DVD, but had only gotten a few of them done. Anyone know if there's a company that specializes in removing salty storm surge from video tapes?

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