Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My major problem is that I have dozens of cd's lying around and no idea what is on them: Yes, iffffff I were more disiplined, it may be ok, but no I'm not, so I 've chosen to run 2 hard drives: one the worker drive and the other the backup: we did have a day at work, where both drives failed within 30 seconds of each other, but the team that runs the system said that happened only once every 20 years in their experience, so I may need to take that risk. Cheers On 09/10/2006, at 1:32, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information