I'm crushed & need recommendations please
Dec 9, 2013 16:12:02 #
I'm crushed as all of my photos, which were stored on my external hard drive, sea gate, may be lost. My sea gate stopped working, so my hubby brought it to a computer repair shop to see if the data can be obtained. Yes, I had all of my photos stored on it, and if it can't be gotten, then I've lost them all. :-( My question is "what would you recommend me putting my photos on as a back up"? I will get another external hard drive, but would like to also store my photos elsewhere. (Oh, I don't store them on my computer's hard drive as it would take up too much space.) I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they can be retrieved. I welcome all input.
Dec 9, 2013 16:15:17 #
breck
Loc: Derbyshire UK
I just use two external hard discs and so always have two copies , I guess the next move would be cloud storage
Dec 9, 2013 16:16:00 #
In addition to external drives, we back up to a Time Machine which is a router with a 1 TB drive.
Dec 9, 2013 16:17:04 #
Thanks breck. I'm not at all familiar with cloud storage. I'd rather use something besides that. I appreciate your feedback.
Dec 9, 2013 16:18:21 #
I have no solution except make sure you get a second opinion as well.
The hindsight is obvious.
Good luck
SS
The hindsight is obvious.
Good luck
SS
Dec 9, 2013 16:20:21 #
BigBear wrote:
In addition to external drives, we back up to a Time Machine which is a router with a 1 TB drive.
Thanks BigBear. I'm not familiar with that either. Can you expand more on that type of storage for me?
Dec 9, 2013 16:20:46 #
SharpShooter wrote:
I have no solution except make sure you get a second opinion as well.
The hindsight is obvious.
Good luck
SS
The hindsight is obvious.
Good luck
SS
Thanks SharpShooter. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!
Dec 9, 2013 16:21:13 #
Pepper
Loc: Planet Earth Country USA
Keeping in mind that I know very little about computers I have mine backed up on DVDs. I don't know if that is a good thing or not but thats what I do.
Dec 9, 2013 16:24:32 #
Pepper wrote:
Keeping in mind that I know very little about computers I have mine backed up on DVDs. I don't know if that is a good thing or not but thats what I do.
Thanks for your reply Pepper. I did indeed think of using a CD, but wanted to see what all my options would possibly be. :-)
Dec 9, 2013 16:25:54 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
PAB20 wrote:
I'm crushed as all of my photos, which were stored... (show quote)
If there was no physical or magnetic damage to the drive, the data can definitely be recovered. The question is how much do you want to pay for it? The higher level recovery options can cost $1000-2000.
It seems that the easiest option is to "mirror" to a second external drive. While drives fail, they don't usually fail at the same time, unless there is an external event (like electrical spike). If you back up weekly, you could disconnect the backup drive when you're not doing the backup, to further limit the risk.
Dec 9, 2013 16:27:28 #
External discs are inexpensive and I plug two in. I save photos to the first and back up photos and documents on a monthly basis to the second disc.
With ssd becoming common, I will probably begin saving a yearly file on the ssd and then save to the first hard disc at the end of the year.
With ssd becoming common, I will probably begin saving a yearly file on the ssd and then save to the first hard disc at the end of the year.
Dec 9, 2013 16:27:41 #
PAB20 wrote:
Thanks BigBear. I'm not familiar with that either. Can you expand more on that type of storage for me?
It's actually called a Time Capsule.
http://www.apple.com/airport-time-capsule/
Dec 9, 2013 16:33:48 #
BigBear wrote:
Thanks for the link BigBear. I'll have my hubby look into it more. I don't have a mac, but I'll keep it in mind.
Dec 9, 2013 16:34:48 #
yryan wrote:
External discs are inexpensive and I plug two in. I save photos to the first and back up photos and documents on a monthly basis to the second disc.
With ssd becoming common, I will probably begin saving a yearly file on the ssd and then save to the first hard disc at the end of the year.
With ssd becoming common, I will probably begin saving a yearly file on the ssd and then save to the first hard disc at the end of the year.
Thanks yryan. I didn't realize I could use two.
Dec 9, 2013 16:36:49 #
amehta wrote:
If there was no physical or magnetic damage to the... (show quote)
I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I don't know what the heck happend, but I want to avoid possibly losing my photos ever again. I appreciate your feedback & hadn't thought about using two external drives.
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