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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Photos / January 2008Safe storage/backup devices: are there any safe hard drives?
Hi, An old question I know, but having resolved to splash out on an external hard drive back up system at last - pc totally jammed with pictures -, I now notice that pretty well all reviews I read come with a number of sad stories of people who have trusted them and lost all, and of manufacturers being hard to contact and even harder to get to accept responsibility. 'RAID' devices have been mentioned as more reliable by some - whatever they are - but expensive... Are there any truly reliable and trusted, and affordable, external hard drives and manufacturers out there, and if so, what should one be buying these days? Many thanks, S > Hi, > An old question I know, but having resolved to splash out on an external [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > drives and manufacturers out there, and if so, what should one be buying > these days? All hard drives are made by just a few major manufacturers these days, so there are no "fly by night" hard drives. Anecdotal evidence aside, all are reasonably trustworthy, but none (as you might imagine) will guarantee that you can't lose data. ;-) A RAID configuration protects you against hard drive failure, but it doesn't protect you against yourself! If you mistakenly overwrite or delete a file or group of files, then they are reliably gone unless you keep a backup on a different drive (and preferably off-site, since fire and flood are still possible). I've had very good luck with Seagate drives, but Maxtor, Western Digital, and Hitachi are all fine drives. Don't worry about the drive failing, just use it to back things up regularly--then you'll be safe unless you have *two* near simultaneous failures (on-line drive and backup drive), which is so unlikely you don't need to worry. -michael "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused." I agree with everything Michael (not me) has said. Also consider an online backup service. There are many available, but I've used (and have no connection with other than being a user) www.carbonite.com For $50 a year they backup all my photos, with no limit on size. A word of warning, Seagate drives are going through a phase of failures. With any backup, do allow for fire, theft, lightening etc so multiple locations are required. Michael www.cnwrecovery.com Thanks Michael, But I don't see any other comments but your own, this end at least. Can you give me a link to the other 'Michael' comments which you endorse? Much appreciated, S >I agree with everything Michael (not me) has said. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Michael > www.cnwrecovery.com > Thanks Michael, > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > - Show quoted text - It was the Michael J Mahon in the previous posting On Jan 28, 3:40 pm, "spamlet" <spam.mores...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > Thanks Michael, > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > - Show quoted text - It was the Michael J Mahon in the previous posting ? I don't see any postings from Michael J on this subject, this month at least? S > It was the Michael J Mahon in the previous posting > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > S ============================== I think the following message is the one being referred to: Saving pics to CD http://tinyurl.com/2m6984 http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.photos/msg/7f48cc88920e4ccf Personally, I save copies of all my images on CDs, DVDs, and a second hard drive. I use Nero StartSmart for burning the disks. And with thumb drives / flash drives being so cheap these days,...that's another way to make backups.  SignatureJohn Inzer MS Picture It! - Digital Image MVP Digital Image Highlights and FAQs http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695 Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk >>It was the Michael J Mahon in the previous posting >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > so cheap these days,...that's another way > to make backups. Actually, the message the OP is not seeing is this one: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.photos/msg/3bbf82f5a011f131 -michael NadaPong: Network game demo for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused." |
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