Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Don, Following Brian's advice regarding sizes (which he has posted before), I buy the biggest drive that he considers safe. This used to mean 250 GB, now upped to 400-500 GB, as he just wrote. I am on my third external drive now. They are all connected to my PC but are always powered off when I am not actually writing to them or retrieving files from them. All my RAW files and TIFF files (which contain my adjustments) are on these external HDs. In addition, I also burn them on DVDs so that I have two copies of everything; and I keep the DVDs in my office so that if my house burns down my images will still be available. I also stay away from all backup utilities, especially ones that compress the files--then you are dependent on operating systems and software continuity. I just use the copy-paste commands, and I am sure that my HDs will be readable by the next generation of Windows, or by OSX if I migrate wholesale to the Mac. Logically, if I have no problems reading files written by Windows onto my 2 GB USB stick when I plug in that USB stick into my Powerbook, then the same should be true of a 200 GB hard drive. Nathan Don Dory wrote: > Jim, > The thought of changed operating systems has concerned me as well. > When the > evil empire formally upgrades OS whenever then I will look at Mac and the > deadly nightshade to see what makes sense. The current machine will > probably then be used as the public interface with no network > connection to > the other machines. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog