How do you back up pictures?

Re: How do you back up pictures?

• Tussie Mussie member

  June 2012

  I keep all of my pictures on an external harddrive. I plan to also make CD back-ups, and print copies of my favs but haven't gotten around to either of those yet. 

   
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• secretsout member

  June 2012

  I've been worrying about my computer, too, so I've been trying to figure out a decent option.  I don't know what the best option is, but my take on an external hard drive is that that can die too, so I'm wary of those as well. 

  I haven't found a service I'm ready to actually pay for in terms of cloud storage so I've been using Shutterfly.  Shutterfly has free unlimited storage, and you can get archive DVDs of your photos from them as well.  I'm sure you could do your own CDs as well, but I'm lazy like that, so I'm just doing it this way for a quick solution.  I'm not saying that Shutterfly is definitely the way to go, but for me it's been an easy and cheap way to at least get my photos somewhere before the computer dies.
  

  
  

  
  

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• CountingUp

  June 2012

  First we copy them to a jump drive. Then we put each other's photos on each other's computer. Then back up our computers on the external hard drive. The jump drive is stored in our fire safe. I would like one more jump drive and store it at my husband's parents' home.

  

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• bunniekrissy member

  June 2012

  We have an external hard drive... which reminds me, I should back up everything on there again soon! In the past I have found burning CDs to be a pain to make and store, but if you're organized I'm sure that's a fine option too!

  My computer died a while back and thankfully, the hard drive was intact and we were able to get everything off of it with some kind of hard drive reader/usb device. 
  

       
  
   
  
  
  
  

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• sportsmomma member

  June 2012

  jsgrl613:

  I've been worrying about my computer, too, so I've been trying to figure out a decent option.  I don't know what the best option is, but my take on an external hard drive is that that can die too, so I'm wary of those as well. 

  I haven't found a service I'm ready to actually pay for in terms of cloud storage so I've been using Shutterfly.  Shutterfly has free unlimited storage, and you can get archive DVDs of your photos from them as well.  I'm sure you could do your own CDs as well, but I'm lazy like that, so I'm just doing it this way for a quick solution.  I'm not saying that Shutterfly is definitely the way to go, but for me it's been an easy and cheap way to at least get my photos somewhere before the computer dies.
  

   Awesome! We already use Shutterfly for ordering prints/gifts/etc I just wasn't aware they would do the DVDs too. I'll definitely be going that route too! 

  I'm also trying to start doing a book for each calendar year for our family through Shutterfly too so it won't be by birthday which will get a little confusing when there are more kiddos. It's so hard to narrow down pics though so I may have to do by season while we have young kiddies! 
  

  

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• sagoon member

  June 2012

  I have them all on USB flash drives.  I used to do CDs but the drives hold more and are much sturdier.

  
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