therwol wrote:
Are you running out of space on the drive with your OS? Double click on "This PC" and see how much room you have left. If you're getting close to limit, then you either need to offload some files or clone your hard drive to a bigger one and put that in your computer. Download the screenshot if you can't read it.
You can buy a drive larger than your current drive, then clone data to the new drive using this cloner:
Sabrent USB 3.0 to SATA I/II/III Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD with Hard Drive Duplicator/Cloner Function [10TB Support] (EC-HD2B) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0759567JT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_onM.DbBXQP9WD
You may want to check out laptops at Costco. They have HP/Dell laptops with Core I5 or I7 CPU, 8 to 32 GB memory, 15.6 to 17.3” screen, 2 to 4GB Radeon/NVIDIA graphics for $600 to $1500. Look for SSD internal drive. If it doesn’t have one, you could have a computer shop swap it out. My HP ENVY that I purchased from Costco had space for 2 drives in it so you could have an SSD with OS and apps on it and a 2nd larger hard drive for photos.
https://www.costco.com/laptops.html?keyword=HP+Laptops&autosugg=true&refine=ads_fbrand_ntk_cs%253A%2522HP%2522|&dept=All
Agree, I have purchased used lenses from Adorama and KEH with good luck. I have recently purchased 3 Sony Zeiss lenses from EBay with excellent results (half of retail price). The key is to look for the words mint or like new and pay with PayPal since receiving item not as described is a reason to complain to eBay/PayPal and get your money back. Also look at description and photos for dust, mold, etc. However, if price is similar, your best bet is still with KEH, Adorama or B&H.
I use a combination of backup methods for a computer with Windows 10. I use Acronis True Image to back up OS/Apps (Drive C). For data drives, I use Carbonite to synchronize files to cloud storage which is done in the background and places a green dot next to folders and files that have been backed up. If you have sensitive data, you can pre-encrypt files with a program like cryptoforge and then move to a folder that gets backed up via Carbonite. I use the built in robocopy tool which is similar to xcopy with many more options (robocopy SourcePath DestinationPath /MIR /R:1 /W:1 /NP /LOG+:C:\Logs\Backup.txt) this will mirror data from source to a destination (Can use a dated folder or use /E instead of /MIR if you don’t want to delete anything in the destination. You can go to a cmd prompt and type robocopy /? to see all options. You can also put many robocopy lines in a .bat file to have back to back jobs.
I really like the “[UPDATE]IMORDEN Falcon F-2“ camera strap available on Amazon. The shoulder part is wide neoprene and it has a safety strap that connects to the camera. It also comes with a wrist strap (I use this as the safety strap). I have a full frame Sony a99ii and some heavy lenses and can carry it a lot longer than other methods.