I have an array of 500GB external and exclusive photo drives, with one drive a mirror backup of the other. I do not download any images, ever, to my internal C drive.
Please comment briefly on your backup strategy.
- Log in or register to post comments
I started backing up on CDS then switched to Externals, then decided to backup to two externals in case one fails. Well my Backup system failed, in one day two Externals Failed and I lost many files! I will begin to back up on DVDS and EXternal. The way I see it theres no safe way! Like to know if someone has a sure way to save files as easy as Film.
I use a great, inexpensive application called Second Copy to schedule and back up my images to an external hard drive. It keeps as many versions of files as I specify and then allows me to take my external HDD out of the house for safe keeping.
I have three (3) external Hard drives. After images are downloaded from my Pentax onto my computer, I then back-up to all 3 external HD on Lightroom 2. After images are adjusted in either Lightroom2 or Photoshop CS2, I then put the finished product on 2 sets of DVD's. I used to keep negatives, now I keep everything on and off site to protect them.