Tekkie help required

LargeAddick

thought I'd lost all my Oz photos from 2008 that I had on my PC as somehow they disappeared. Luckily I still had them on the memory card in my camera (shows how often I take photos) and have been able to reload them onto the PC. Got me thinking though that if I didn't have the memory card I'd have lost them all and also what if all my music on itunes suddenly decided to go the same way. So I need to back it all up but what is the easiest way to do it? What do I need to buy? Recoomendations greatly appreciated.

BlackForestReds

Download to a CD?

Open a Facebook account or Flickr or something similar and store them there?

The Red Robin

Dropbox https://dropbox.com/

BIG_ROB

All I do is stick all my photos on Facebook and make the albums private so only I can see them. That way you free up plenty of memory on your machine. Another reason to use Facebook.

I'm by no means a takkie btw so someone else might have a better option mate

man_at_milletts

Large, depends how tekkie you want to go. But I'd buy a portable USB hard disk and copy everything of value on to there. If you PC goes belly up you've got your data elsewhere.

But if you're going to it, do it regularly.

stonemuse

The Red Robin said:

Dropbox https://dropbox.com/

Dropbox is excellent ...also use a backup hard drive if you have large amounts of data

The Red Robin

stonemuse said:

The Red Robin said:

Dropbox https://dropbox.com/

Dropbox is excellent ...also use a backup hard drive if you have large amounts of data

Exactly!

allez les addicks

http://www.apple.com/uk/airport-time-capsule/

Bit pricey and perfect if you have a mac, but I'm told it can also be used with windows (though there's bound to be a non-Apple alternative).

But I'm an Apple fiend, it's so easy to set up for Apple products and it works a treat so i can highly recommend it.

Leroy Ambrose

If it's windows - usb drive with a scheduled task to back up specific directories using robocopy scripts with the 'mirror' switch

Sounds complicated, but really isn't

LargeAddick

thanks for all the suggestions. I'll look into them all and decide what is the best way to go.

LoOkOuT

backblaze.com couldn't be simpler, or less expensive. If you're concerned about privacy you can set keys that only you have.

Out of courtesy the NSA backs up the world's data for free, so there's that option.

Leroy Ambrose

LoOkOuT said:

Out of courtesy the NSA backs up the world's data for free, so there's that option.

yeah - getting access to it is a bit of a fucker though...

rikofold

stonemuse said:

The Red Robin said:

Dropbox https://dropbox.com/

Dropbox is excellent ...also use a backup hard drive if you have large amounts of data

Agreed, but you can easily get 50GB of data on Dropbox for nowt, and more I think if you're prepared to bombard your mates' inboxes with invitations to Dropbox.

CAFCspooney

This is a useful link on how to sych your iPod with another computer if yours dies.
http://www.howtogeek.com/103754/how-to-sync-your-ipod-with-another-pc-without-losing-your-music/

Stig

No doubt about it, dropbox is your best bet.

soapy_jones

Top tip.

Buy a 2TB USB expansion disk and then DO NOT drop the bloody thing 2 hours later!