tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post4592790094160980834..comments2023-10-18T07:11:35.641-04:00Comments on ROBINS NESTING PLACE: Back Up and Try AgainRobin's Nesting Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05894844125547373328noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-36276133893329761882009-02-23T17:44:00.000-05:002009-02-23T17:44:00.000-05:00I use MozyHome, which is a program that you downlo...I use <A HREF="http://mozy.com/" REL="nofollow">MozyHome</A>, which is a program that you download and configure. It will run each night (assuming you set it up right) and send your files to a secure computer where your files will be archived. You have to pay a yearly fee, but it is small in comparison to the value of your files. And there is no limit on storage space!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-17273862824322397122009-02-22T10:51:00.000-05:002009-02-22T10:51:00.000-05:00I copy all my photos onto USB devices. My computer...I copy all my photos onto USB devices. My computer is dying, and the CD drive started acting funny a long time ago, forcing me to find an alternative. USBs are so much better than CDs because they are so small and hold so much more. There are 8 GB and 16 GB USB devices. Yes, there's the risk that something might happen to it, but the same risk applies to CDs (which are probably more fragile than Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-62585063092785250872009-02-21T21:21:00.000-05:002009-02-21T21:21:00.000-05:00Looks like you've gotten lots of good advice from ...Looks like you've gotten lots of good advice from others, Robin. Theres definitely something to be said for dvds/cds, because even external harddrives can arbitrarily die. The perils of technology.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-91707409514124536912009-02-20T14:42:00.000-05:002009-02-20T14:42:00.000-05:00Hi Robin,My daughter just lost everything she had ...Hi Robin,<BR/>My daughter just lost everything she had ever saved on her MacBook while at college. She did not have an E-backup drive:( My husband is now going to take care of that, after a new hard drive is put into that computer;(<BR/>I am going to make sure mine is taken care of too. From what I've read here on the comments, a lot of people put them on DVD. I think that's a great idea. Thanks Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844013803699228989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-16002307699045965492009-02-20T11:02:00.000-05:002009-02-20T11:02:00.000-05:00I have an external hard drive where they are autom...I have an external hard drive where they are automatically backed up, using Norton Ghost. However, my laptop photos are not backed up. Yikes! And my laptop HD is nearly full to capacity, too. Thanks for the reminder to do some housekeeping!<BR/><BR/>By the way, I get the same thing when I try to burn CDs. What's up with that?Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-69212690889949479332009-02-20T07:47:00.000-05:002009-02-20T07:47:00.000-05:00Robin I am having my own frustrations with this wh...Robin I am having my own frustrations with this whole technology thing with blogging and changes!! Argh!<BR/>Sorry wish I could help but I'm sure some one out there has the techy savy! I know about the numerous photos stored!! EEEK..time to purge!!<BR/>Enjoy your weekend I'm heading for sunny skies in a few days! :)NGNaturegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177418253271097079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-37735638857417258352009-02-20T05:07:00.000-05:002009-02-20T05:07:00.000-05:00Robin and everyone, some great advice here but jus...Robin and everyone, some great advice here but just to add a thought. It is worth considering back-ups in a different location. If a disaster struck, fire, flood etc back ups and computer may be destroyed. Also thiefs often take back-up media when they steal a computer. So either give a set of DVD/CDs to friend or family or use one of the services suggested here, to be extra safe.<BR/><BR/>Sylvia (England)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658826538568918452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-61077709310963388862009-02-20T02:26:00.000-05:002009-02-20T02:26:00.000-05:00Robin, Just keep trying and if you can't, somewher...Robin, Just keep trying and if you can't, somewhere like Best Buys can probably do it for you for a small fee. The main thing is to do it before the computer goes. I learned the hardway and now back mine up on DVD every week or so. But what I am not doing is sorting as I back up. I need to be more dilligent about that. :} Hope it works out for you.beckiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400859161321357279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-40554276909520454182009-02-19T21:09:00.000-05:002009-02-19T21:09:00.000-05:00We keep a back up of our photos on our external Ma...We keep a back up of our photos on our external Mac drive as well as the online back up service from Mac. As an additional security measure, Jason usually loads them onto a flash drive then burns them to a disc.<BR/><BR/>The thought of loosing all that work just makes me shiver... ugh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-31923950951916427822009-02-19T20:15:00.001-05:002009-02-19T20:15:00.001-05:00When I first take my photos off of my camera card,...When I first take my photos off of my camera card, I upload them to my laptop. While there, I upload them to flickr because it's faster to upload them directly from my laptop than it is from my external hard drive. Once they are on flickr, I transfer them from my laptop to my WD Passport hard drive. It was about $100 at Best Buy. The absolutely best mother's day gift I've ever gotten - I promise!Marsanne Pettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816447718219069472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-90417168521887633742009-02-19T20:15:00.000-05:002009-02-19T20:15:00.000-05:00When I first take my photos off of my camera card,...When I first take my photos off of my camera card, I upload them to my laptop. While there, I upload them to flickr because it's faster to upload them directly from my laptop than it is from my external hard drive. Once they are on flickr, I transfer them from my laptop to my WD Passport hard drive. It was about $100 at Best Buy. The absolutely best mother's day gift I've ever gotten - I promise!Marsanne Pettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816447718219069472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-46282704265941380072009-02-19T18:31:00.000-05:002009-02-19T18:31:00.000-05:00Good sound advice from everyone. The phot guru I ...Good sound advice from everyone. The phot guru I work with has all his photos on jump drives and external harddrives. Good luck...gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-3512616768893163182009-02-19T17:53:00.000-05:002009-02-19T17:53:00.000-05:00Robin, I like many others here use an external har...Robin, I like many others here use an external hard drive to back up the photos-- though I have been remiss in keeping up with it lately. With technology changing all the time it is hard to know what the best vehicle to archive photos would be. Anyone remember the 3.5 floppy?<BR/>JanetJanet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-60198330047694758912009-02-19T17:22:00.000-05:002009-02-19T17:22:00.000-05:00Oh, those strange noises are so scary. Before the...Oh, those strange noises are so scary. Before the blog, I didn't take as many photos and put them on cd's. It is very important to get the highest quality disc, not the cheaper ones, they are likely to give you the error message. With the blog I take so many now, and try to go through when there are a couple of month's worth and delete the crappy ones. I save the best ones in files by month, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-90486046127496669352009-02-19T17:01:00.000-05:002009-02-19T17:01:00.000-05:00Thanks everyone for all of your suggestions on sto...Thanks everyone for all of your suggestions on storing photos. I have quite a few on my computer (some I have put on CDs), but I would like to put all of them in a "safe place". I will check out your different suggestions.<BR/><BR/>Robin, I just found your blog a couple weeks ago. I have decided to have an "Interesting Blogs" page on my butterfly website and I put you on it. I hope that's OK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-55599883930163996012009-02-19T16:54:00.000-05:002009-02-19T16:54:00.000-05:00Romeo is a computer programmer and works from home...Romeo is a computer programmer and works from home, so he backs up everything from the main computer (including my photos) onto an external hard drive, and I also back my photos up onto DVDs, just to be on the safe side.<BR/><BR/>Are you using a Windows machine? If so I'm afraid I can't help with the DVD problems - but if you're using Linux I might have some ideas!<BR/><BR/>My problem is also Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861589817615423847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-75597337392371603152009-02-19T15:40:00.000-05:002009-02-19T15:40:00.000-05:00For what it's worth: Richard backs up all of my p...For what it's worth: Richard backs up all of my pictures to an external hard drive.m.e.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09934075315203081919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-62568061880660996472009-02-19T15:37:00.000-05:002009-02-19T15:37:00.000-05:00I too back-up my photos on DVD.Computers are great...I too back-up my photos on DVD.Computers are great when they work,but a pain at other times.<BR/> Blessings,RuthRuth's Photo Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10906250839947271541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-60639625575649952872009-02-19T14:10:00.000-05:002009-02-19T14:10:00.000-05:00I use JungleDisk to backup my computer. It stores ...I use JungleDisk to backup my computer. It stores everything on an amazon server. Those are backed up around the world so I never have to worry about losing anything. The fees are supersmall, I think I've spent 17 cents to backup all my photos.<BR/><BR/>I just select which folders I want the program to back up and then each afternoon it quietly does its things and I'm worry free.AliceAndersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670357561236080184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-86152790060011808412009-02-19T12:52:00.000-05:002009-02-19T12:52:00.000-05:00Robin,I use a E drive, back up all myphotos onto i...Robin,<BR/><BR/>I use a E drive, back up all my<BR/>photos onto it. And also in case<BR/>my computer crashes I have a Free<BR/>agent portable drive that backs up<BR/>my computer every night. They cost<BR/>about $85.00. And the brand I have<BR/>is a Seagate. (My husband is an IT <BR/>Network Analyst.)Cathy S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06700015918246143129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-88938112891279847182009-02-19T12:37:00.000-05:002009-02-19T12:37:00.000-05:00Robin, my photos are backed up on an external HD a...Robin, my photos are backed up on an external HD as well as on DVD (which I need to bring up to date). <BR/>Keeping them sorted is an enormously time-consuming job which I don't keep up with well.<BR/>My previous computer began making strange noises 2 years ago. It really is scary, isn't it? That's when we decided to replace it. <BR/>That beautiful clematis is a sight for winter weary eyes :)Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362584475435433892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-55509463569255554942009-02-19T12:26:00.000-05:002009-02-19T12:26:00.000-05:00My photos are all backed up on DVD -- external har...My photos are all backed up on DVD -- external hard drives fail, too. ;) That's just a word of caution -- Charlie is a computer service tech and he sees it all the time. What I really NEED to do is organize them! Ugh.<BR/><BR/>Those lavender blooms are extraordinary, Robin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-51605748529630000212009-02-19T12:12:00.000-05:002009-02-19T12:12:00.000-05:00How frustrating, Robin! I back up all my photos i...How frustrating, Robin! <BR/><BR/>I back up all my photos in an external hard-drive. My normal MO is to download photos, crop and delete in Picassa, review and delete again in my picture files, upload my favorites into a pro-flickr account (about $25/year - I have over 11,000 photos stored there - some are public, some are private - but I could make them all private, if I wanted) and then move Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435071269417046903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463455126326179974.post-26428476940195508652009-02-19T11:43:00.000-05:002009-02-19T11:43:00.000-05:00i had a laptop that "made funny noises'&#...i had a laptop that "made funny noises''...<BR/>Yep, the hard drive faiLed..==losT eVerythinG...<BR/>i noW use a TiMe CapsuLe= AppLe wireless wiTh TiMe Machine Back-up softwaRe..MAC+OSX iS mY LiFe iN BiTs & PieceS(=bytes/TeRabyteS nOW!)<BR/>To teLL the Truth i wouldn'T knoW hoW to "Restore", even if i losT mY Hard-driVe aGaiN.. buT theRe iS that PromiSeD FUNcTioNaLSeLFshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136513973879391376noreply@blogger.com