[Leica] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 33, Issue 80

[lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

On Oct 8, 2006, at 11:15 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

> A link will help generate traffic: I can say that I'm a MAC user, and
> as I am being dragged into the digital age, the DEMANDS that it
> places on the computer are great: I would say that in a year or so,
> you will be hungry for more computing power.
>
> As an example, I've been scanning my slides, and the 2x 250gig drives
> are now full. I have just bought 2x extra 300 gig drives and ordered
> the next 2 drives: as soon as you being enjoying the beauty of RAW,
> you begin to need BIG storage capacity OR a hell of a lot of extra
> TIME to sort compress and file: time is not my big option, so
> gigabytes will have to be


Madness lies in buying more and bigger drives to store your RAW  
files. Eventually a drive will fail. They all do. And you will lose  
the precious files saved on that drive. Burn copies of your RAW files  
on high quality CDs or DVDs immediately after they are loaded. Make  
several copies and store at least one in a cool dark place. Then  
erase the camera memory chip and perhaps even the disc drive. Don't  
wait until disaster strikes to BACKUP. BACKUP is better than Prozac  
for peace of mind.

Larry Z