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06/02/2004 09:58:33 PM · #1 |
After last night break into my car,
and attempted break into my house, I started to wonder how to prevent loss of pictures, especially the family photos, if my computers and CDs are stolen.
Double copy CDs and keep them in two different places? Any other ideas?
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06/02/2004 09:59:56 PM · #2 |
| Online storage... ? I use Pbase and love it. Some other services are free... |
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06/02/2004 10:01:09 PM · #3 |
Keep back-up CD's and negatives in a safety deposit box.
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06/03/2004 12:12:03 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by artvet:
Double copy CDs and keep them in two different places? Any other ideas?
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Always the safest thing to do. That way even if the worst case scenario happens, a fire, you have a copy safe.
You can get fire proof boxes but personally I would not trust one in a full blown house fire.
Safety deposit box is a great option, but costs. Personally I'd use a family member or friend simply as an alternate location.
Make sure said backup person is in a different country if you wish to reduce the risk of all copies of your photos being fried by a nuclear attack though ;)
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06/03/2004 01:51:10 AM · #5 |
Your best bet is to keep one or more copies (on CD or DVD is most cost-effective) at an offsite location. Ideally the offsite location should be sufficiently far away and strong that if a natural disaster (tornado, for example) destroys your home it does not also destroy your backup storage location.
Your backups should also be tested for readability before storing, on a computer other than the one used to write them if possible. The backup discs should be handled and stored carefully to prevent damage that could cause them to become unreadable a few years down the road. As some studies have suggested that poorly manufactured CD-R's can become unreadable over time, it may be best to store 2 offsite copies and/or retest the backups periodically.
Needless to say how much effort you want to put into this depends on how valuable the content is to you.
-Terry
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06/03/2004 10:24:55 AM · #6 |
offsite storage is really the only way, unless you find some place where you can store online and have LOTS of storage space. even then, restoring your images in the event of a loss could be a VERY time consuming process. i'd recommend cd/dvd stored somewhere safe like a bank or something. or if you can afford it, tape backup is the most reliable.
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06/03/2004 10:36:29 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by tfaust:
Online storage... ? I use Pbase and love it. Some other services are free... |
Talking about hundreds of MB or GB then free online storage is not avalible and can be expensive. |
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06/03/2004 10:44:22 AM · #8 |
Get one of those small 20 CD/DVD wallets, make backups of everything, and then store at a friends house who doesn't live right next door (in case of neighborhood "disaster" or bank safety deposit box.
The key is to index your CDs/DVDs using something like WhereIsIt (I recommend this), so you know what's there. Every once and a while, you can drop off a new incremental set of CDs/DVDs to add to the wallet.
If you have a lot of photos, get a big CD wallet to begin with! (Or use DVDs rather than CDs) |
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