Comments on: Backup for the photographer – part 1 https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2009/09/18/backup-for-the-photographer-part-1/ Intrigued by photography Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:42:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Yves Roumazeilles https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2009/09/18/backup-for-the-photographer-part-1/#comment-376 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:42:10 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=4066#comment-376 John,
You definitely look like somebody who does not want to take risks with your images. That’s a fairly pro-active attitude that is certainly protecting you and your images.

]]> By: John Crocombe https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2009/09/18/backup-for-the-photographer-part-1/#comment-375 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:35:19 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=4066#comment-375 I have an EOS 100 SLR and an A710IS compact digital camera. (my first camera was a Kodak 110 Pocket Instamatic, that was replaced by an AE-1, which was pushed aside for the EOS 100)

I was intending to get something akin to the EOS 5D MkII, but will now settle for an EOS 7D. On your scale, I would probably be a crossover between a Grandad and a “part time” expert.

I haven’t “lost” any files to date, as I am using a pair of D-Link NAS-323 boxes setup in RAID 1 configuration. I have pairs of similar specification 500GB HDDs in each box, but not the same brand. The idea is that both of them “should” never fail at the same time.

I get all new films developed and scanned to a CD, so that I don’t waste time and space looking after paper prints. The best ones are then scanned and cropped in high resolution, using my Canon 9950F scanner I am slowly getting the best of my older films scanned and saved to the NAS-323’s also.

The Memeo backup software that comes with the D-Link drives works really well on my laptop and other PC with Windows XP, but doesn’t like my newer PC with Vista, so I’ll probably try this GFI Backup program, if it is still available.

Back up now, to save cracking up after a crash.

]]> By: Judy Jones https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2009/09/18/backup-for-the-photographer-part-1/#comment-360 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:26:00 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=4066#comment-360 Been there, done that! I lost a whole bunch of photos that I had taken on holiday, so I had no chance of getting them back – well, unless I went back! =/

So I’ve learnt my lesson now. I tried GFI Backup which worked perfectly for me. Plus it’s free so no complaints there! I’d definitely recommend that you back up because it’s too easy to lose all your photos, and it’s definitely not worth the aggro!

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