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Storing SD cards
Oct 23, 2016 11:55:48 #
Thank you, rdgreenwood, for your reply. Of course I know the cost difference between keeping the cards and putting them on a hard drive and I may even get around to doing that, but hard drives do fail and there is nothing more original and corruption free than the cards on which the pics are taken.. Also I do know I may be a little old fashioned at age 94 and there is nothing wrong with your logic.
Oct 23, 2016 14:30:59 #
Galahad wrote:
Thank you, rdgreenwood, for your reply. Of course I know the cost difference between keeping the cards and putting them on a hard drive and I may even get around to doing that, but hard drives do fail and there is nothing more original and corruption free than the cards on which the pics are taken.. Also I do know I may be a little old fashioned at age 94 and there is nothing wrong with your logic.
You could burn the images to a CD or DVD for a backup.
Oct 23, 2016 15:11:24 #
Longshadow wrote:
The problem with all of our logic is that all technologies are subject to change. If you don't believe me, let me show you my archive of 5-1/4 inch disks.You could burn the images to a CD or DVD for a backup.
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Oct 23, 2016 16:35:53 #
rdgreenwood wrote:
The problem with all of our logic is that all technologies are subject to change. If you don't believe me, let me show you my archive of 5-1/4 inch disks.
Then you change when you get a new computer or add a new format drive to your computer, that's what I did. First CD, then DVD, <then whatever is next>.
In the mean time, you have files backed up
Oct 23, 2016 16:55:02 #
Longshadow wrote:
Then you change when you get a new computer or add a new format drive to your computer, that's what I did. First CD, then DVD, <then whatever is next>.
In the mean time, you have files backed up
In the mean time, you have files backed up
The problem is that we all have our own ideas of how to store our files. The smart way, which has been emphasised as long as I have been learning about computers (my first computer course was an introduction to commuters back in the early 80's) is to archive any important files on more than one source in case one goes down. I have been around long enough to know that this is the case. The other day, my less than two year old SSD went down on me. It is all backed up in time machine, so I await the replacement drive and then just reload it from time machine and I am back up and running as I was before. This is why we back up on two divides or more. The cheapest way today is to have multiple hard drives because it's not will it down but when will it go down; and as you all can see the hype of SSD's being longer lasting or infallible is not true. Personally, saving them on SD cards does not make sense; they can go bad too. The best way to archive valued photos is to burn them onto a blue ray disk; they are much more durable than DVD's or CD and hold much more data, which is important today with the huge files, newer cameras make. But no matter what option one chooses, you will be disappointed some day if you do not back your photos up on two different storage devises. Extra insurance scan be had by using a raid system that double backs itself too and then a third separate drive elsewhere.
Oct 23, 2016 17:01:51 #
whitewolfowner wrote:
The problem is that we all have our own ideas of h... (show quote)
I also utilize Carbonite.
Desktop, pocket drive, laptop, DVD, Carbonite. I feel comfortable.
Oct 23, 2016 17:31:58 #
Yes , I have had the experience of changing to a new computer and then having a problem with reading discs and occasionally hard drives.
I also agree that multiple backups are necessary and the SD's could die or not be read when the technology changes-- I have seen a lot of technology change in my time. Also, in full disclosure, I do subscribe to a cloud storage called "Just Cloud". So there you have it.
I also agree that multiple backups are necessary and the SD's could die or not be read when the technology changes-- I have seen a lot of technology change in my time. Also, in full disclosure, I do subscribe to a cloud storage called "Just Cloud". So there you have it.
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Oct 24, 2016 07:32:17 #
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Oyens wrote:
Maybe an old idea, but Googling the subject, "storing SD cards", brought up the concept of using large pill storage cassettes for SD storage A trip to Wal Mart gave me several choices of cassettes including one that had 14 compartments that are just the correct size for the cards. Numbering the SD cards with a corresponding compartment, coupled with a little notebook to list the subject matter on the card completes the ongoing card storage method.
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