Hi, i have got a couple of thousand pics on my pc and i worry about a virus which would wipe them out, what does everyone else do? do you just copy all to disc or is there a better way for backup storage? kind regards:o
jerrythesnake Senior Member 565 posts Joined Feb 2005 More info | Feb 06, 2006 14:54 | #1 Hi, i have got a couple of thousand pics on my pc and i worry about a virus which would wipe them out, what does everyone else do? do you just copy all to disc or is there a better way for backup storage? kind regards:o http://www.pbase.com/jerrythesnake
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chtgrubbs Goldmember 1,675 posts Joined Jul 2003 More info | Feb 06, 2006 15:32 | #2 Triple redundancy is the word around here. Photos are stored on a separate drive from my main drive, then copied to an external HD, and RAW files are written onto DVDs.
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EOSAddict Book Committee Immortal  6,091 posts Likes: 17 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Preston, Lancashire, England More info | Feb 06, 2006 15:43 | #3 Main Catalog on main HDD, daily backup onto separate partition, DVD backup every 200 images and also regular backups to yet another HDD partition and DVD thru PSE3. You think thats enough? Am also planing a NAS HDD thru my wireless link. Al
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wcbert33 Member 93 posts Joined Mar 2005 Location: New York City More info | Feb 06, 2006 15:57 | #4 For me I used 4 GB DVDs and also backup to external hard drive, HD my original RAW files. I also backup to DVD the photos I create from the RAW files. http://WilliamBert.com
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tim Light Bringer  51,010 posts Likes: 375 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand More info | Feb 06, 2006 16:01 | #5 Offsite backups on a hard drive, DVDs aren't reliable enough. Professional wedding photographer, solution architect and general technical guy with multiple Amazon Web Services certifications.
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Feb 06, 2006 16:10 | #6 whoa, sorry guys i am not keeping up here, do you mean copy to another computer hard drive. how many(large files)can i get on a dvd as on cd i can only get around 100 at a time, thanks for your help. http://www.pbase.com/jerrythesnake
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EOSAddict Book Committee Immortal 6,091 posts Likes: 17 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Preston, Lancashire, England More info | Feb 06, 2006 16:27 | #7 Jerry, My full catalogue is some 4100 mixed JPG and RAW files and fits on 3 DVDs at the moment. - standard single sided 4.7 GB ones. My Photoshop Elements Catalog is nearly 12 GB. Al
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EOSAddict wrote: Jerry, My full catalogue is some 4100 mixed JPG and RAW files and fits on 3 DVDs at the moment. - standard single sided 4.7 GB ones. My Photoshop Elements Catalog is nearly 12 GB. Many thanks EosAddict, i will start some copying http://www.pbase.com/jerrythesnake
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crn3371 Cream of the Crop  7,198 posts Likes: 2 Joined Mar 2005 Location: SoCal, USA More info | Feb 06, 2006 17:15 | #9 I back everything up to a usb external hard drive which protects me in case my pc crashes. Secondly, I also burn a couple of dvd's, one of which I keep, the other one goes to an entirely different location. That way, in case of theft or fire, I'm covered.
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tim Light Bringer 51,010 posts Likes: 375 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand More info | Feb 06, 2006 17:27 | #10 I have 70GB of photos, a lot of which is weddings, I can't afford to lose any. CDs and DVDs regularly fail. Yes I mean copy the images to an external, portable hard drive, and keep that hard drive someone safe outside of your house - in case the house burns down or you get burgled. Professional wedding photographer, solution architect and general technical guy with multiple Amazon Web Services certifications.
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