Hard drive advice?

kerosene · 11-27-2007, 02:56 PM

Probably not the best solution by itself, but I back up my photos by putting them on my hosting space. I pay about 7 something a month for it. Then I installed a free gallery software and just import them all into the gallery website. Now, not only are the photos backed up, but they are all sorted out and I can point friends and relatives to them, if I want. I use Coppermine, because it is pretty easy. I can also control the level of privacy on specific albums, so, you know, if I had, say, naked pictures of myself, my parents aren't subjected to porn or whatever. So, there is that, too. With this idea, be sure to pay your monthly fee, or they dump everything. :P

I also periodically back stuff up on DVD, as well, but that seems to have failed me, as a backup I created 3 years ago is now unreadable for a reason I have yet to determine. Lost a lot of important documentation. I have also considered purchasing an external drive, for the convenience...but I think with the flakiness of hardware, these days, I would entrust at least 2 separate backup methods.

11-27-2007, 02:56 PM	#8
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Probably not the best solution by itself, but I back up my photos by putting them on my hosting space. I pay about 7 something a month for it. Then I installed a free gallery software and just import them all into the gallery website. Now, not only are the photos backed up, but they are all sorted out and I can point friends and relatives to them, if I want. I use Coppermine, because it is pretty easy. I can also control the level of privacy on specific albums, so, you know, if I had, say, naked pictures of myself, my parents aren't subjected to porn or whatever. So, there is that, too. With this idea, be sure to pay your monthly fee, or they dump everything. :P I also periodically back stuff up on DVD, as well, but that seems to have failed me, as a backup I created 3 years ago is now unreadable for a reason I have yet to determine. Lost a lot of important documentation. I have also considered purchasing an external drive, for the convenience...but I think with the flakiness of hardware, these days, I would entrust at least 2 separate backup methods.

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