[Leica] IMG: Basic Annual Photo Backup

[Jim Nichols]

Hi Ken,

As a long-retired guy responsible only to myself and the IRS, I don't 
have any of your pressure.  If I should lose something, so what?  But, 
knock on wood, between my paper trail and my backups, I have not, to my 
knowledge, lost anything of significance.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/14/2017 2:02 PM, Ken Carney wrote:
> Jim,
>
> My only comment would be that I use two backup programs, one backup 
> with SyncBackPro (file transfer) and one with Acronis (disk imaging), 
> to the external drives.  So, I stand a chance of recovery even if a 
> failure of the software or hard drive (I am a CPA which requires an 
> annual psych exam to verify required levels of paranoia and OCD.)
>
> Ken
>
>
> On 1/12/2017 4:23 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> After hearing from Tina and Ken about their extensive backup 
>> practices, I just wanted to show a little about my simple practice.  
>> While I have no commercial activities, I did accumulate 135GB  of 
>> photo files in 2016.  As I have done for the past several years, I 
>> copied the 2016 files to a 1TB WD Caviar Black drive at the end of 
>> the year, using my "Swiss Army Knife" drive adapter.  The transfer 
>> took about 1.5 hours, which isn't bad for a full year's work.
>>
>> The setup, except for the power "brick", is shown below:
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Photo+Backup.jpg.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>
>
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