S/O: Computers and Backing up

sad5781 · December 2011

What is your backup routine at home?

If you use an online site for backups, who do you use?

plaidfrogg · December 2011

Following! My back-up hard drive died ages ago so I've fallen out of the habit of backing up. I'm sure there are better, more efficient ways now.

melissa0312 · December 2011

we have an external hard drive that we back up to once a month or so

OUKatie · December 2011

We have a home server that backs up the laptops automatically each night through the wireless connection.

michellebelle · December 2011

we back up to an external flash backup that runs on a schedule. and i have an external HD that i do a second backup on of photos and home movies.

04JaxBride · December 2011

automated external hard drive backups. any really important docs are backed up to Dropbox.

Annkiwi · December 2011

If you are only backing up to an external drive at home you'll still lose everything in a fire or burglary. We used to use Mozy but ditched it now for crashplan.com

Cajun_gal · December 2011

We use Carbonite on both laptops so that anything important will be safe if we have a fire or burglary. I like that I don't have to think about back ups anymore.

luckygirl07 · December 2011

I have 2 external hard drives, one to transfer older photos/files to, and one for time-machine (mac) backups. Then, everything is backed up to Backblaze.

kreeper611 · December 2011

All of our photos are on an external hard drive. Any time I dump the memory card I put them on the hard drive as well. I wouldn't mind a second one just because I know from personal experience that they are not fool proof. I don't keep documents or anything else that needs to be backed up.

kreeper611 · December 2011

Also, we've talked about putting the second hard drive into a fire proof safe. Wont help if something happens tomorrow but the plan is to get a larger gun safe and have it bolted to the floor.

Mrs.JulesH-S · December 2011

I have an external hard drive for personal stuff and another one for business stuff. I also backup all of my important templates and portfolio on a flash drive. In addition, I typically burn a copy of all original and edited files for each session to a dvd.

04JaxBride · December 2011

Mrs.JulesH-S:
I have an external hard drive for personal stuff and another one for business stuff. I also backup all of my important templates and portfolio on a flash drive. In addition, I typically burn a copy of all original and edited files for each session to a dvd.

it would be worth your while to look into an online storage site for edited photos. I used to burn everything as backup, but it's a lot easier and less "stuff" if you load them to a gallery/online storage site. And they're always accessible.

My unedited files are kept in two separate physical places until edited/stored online (I copy images to the laptop and external hard drive at my office, and keep the memory cards with me at home). Unless my home and office burn down at the same time, it's all good.

PAGAS · December 2011

I use a external hard drive that I keep in a fireproof safe in our house. I would like to do something online, so this post is helpful.

rayskit10 · December 2011

I'm thinking about going to Carbonite.

Annkiwi · December 2011

Just a heads up - Crashplan allows you to backup your data to another computer (encrypted) in another location (like your office or a friend's house) for free. They will also send you an external hard drive for your initial backups (so it doesn't take forever) and overnight your data on an external drive for recovery. And their rates are crazy reasonable.

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