Maintenance and Back-up

February 17th, 2011
Where do you back up your files?

My 8 yr old ancient computer may be dying soon and I'm worried that I might lose my photos. I have an external drive (where I try to back up....when I remember) but what if that too breaks down. :(

Do you all upload your photos on a website, ie. flicker? Is that safe?

Also, which pc works best for us photo geeks? My pc went on "turtle" mode after I installed photoshop. It's running much better (thanks to my bros help).

I'm trying to be proactive..........before disaster happens. :(

Help!
February 17th, 2011
i put all mine to disc , i also put loads on fb & photobucket but mainly they are all on discs , that said i have LOADS i need to put to disc at the mo !
February 17th, 2011
Having lost photos before, I now have a 1TB external hardrive, and another one that it backs up to. I dont save anything on my computers hard drive! You need a lot of RAM to run programs like PS, especially if you also shoot in raw.....I've got 4gb ram on my pc now...
Hope that helps....
February 17th, 2011
@looseimages Thanks! That sure helps. I have an external hard drive too. Maybe I'll stay with that. Also, I need to change my specs requirement on my next pc. :p

@flamez Is there a limit in photobucket? I tried the discs before but they got corrupted. :(
February 17th, 2011
I add mine to flickr, facebook and my own webspace as well as backing everything up on disc
February 17th, 2011
I put mine on cd when I have time.... and shutterfly.com gives you unlimited storage at full resolution for free.
February 17th, 2011
@AshleyMiller shutterfly is unlimited? wow! I have to check that one too.
@asrai my brother uses flicker and he likes it too.
February 17th, 2011
Yup :) I make a folder for the year, then an album for each month. Really easy that way!
February 17th, 2011
@AshleyMiller i usually make a folder per occasion but I guess I can make a folder within a folder. A yearly one sounds more organized.
February 17th, 2011
i use external drives and put them on 2 different drives, and leave one drive with a friend.
February 17th, 2011
I have an external drive. Need to save up money for a second one to back up the first one.

On smugmug you can pay for storage of raw and tiff files. I've never done since I have the external harddrive, but it's an option for people.
February 18th, 2011
Any file that's only on one drive is guaranteed to be tragically lost (been there, done that). Now I have automatic backups on to a network attached drive, using the built-in Time Machine software on a Mac to a Time Capsule. Took two seconds to set up, and instant peace of mind.
February 18th, 2011
Thank you everyone! I appreciate all the input.
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