OT: what do you folks use to prevent losing your docs/pictures/videos on your computer?

[Coronita]

[quote=jficquette]Nostradamus,

I bought my step daughter a 190 gb external drive to transfer files off of her Dell computer. I thought I could just drag the entire c drive to the new drive and it would copy but no dice. I had to copy various folders over.

How do I just copy the entire drive over? Its only 30 gb.

Thanks

John[/quote]

Don’t do it. There are hidden files that won’t work. C: usually has system files and applications.

Best thing to do is to use a program to transfer a disk to disk.

You can also use window’s backup and restore program.

1) Use the backup program to backup c:.
2) The restore the backup onto the new drive.

(I think that works.)

[jficquette]

Nostradamus,

Yes, that was the problem I ran into with the hidden files.

I will do the backup restore deal.

Thanks a bunch.

John

[jficquette]

Nostradamus,

Yes, that was the problem I ran into with the hidden files.

I will do the backup restore deal.

Thanks a bunch.

John

[jficquette]

Nostradamus,

Yes, that was the problem I ran into with the hidden files.

I will do the backup restore deal.

Thanks a bunch.

John

[jficquette]

Nostradamus,

Yes, that was the problem I ran into with the hidden files.

I will do the backup restore deal.

Thanks a bunch.

John

[jficquette]

Nostradamus,

Yes, that was the problem I ran into with the hidden files.

I will do the backup restore deal.

Thanks a bunch.

John

[capeman]

I’m planning on getting a NAS but only plan on getting the hotswappable 3+ bay drive. In that case a hard drive going down won’t lose my data as the redundancy is 3X or more. As new bigger drives get cheaper you can just swap them out on the fly without affecting the data. The only thing that would get me would be a hardware failure on the machine itself. I have to look into that but another standalone or add-on to this system is a Blu-ray writer. Storage on those will get up to 200gb soon so it’d be only 5 disks yearly or semi-annually to be really well protected.

[capeman]

I’m planning on getting a NAS but only plan on getting the hotswappable 3+ bay drive. In that case a hard drive going down won’t lose my data as the redundancy is 3X or more. As new bigger drives get cheaper you can just swap them out on the fly without affecting the data. The only thing that would get me would be a hardware failure on the machine itself. I have to look into that but another standalone or add-on to this system is a Blu-ray writer. Storage on those will get up to 200gb soon so it’d be only 5 disks yearly or semi-annually to be really well protected.

[capeman]

I’m planning on getting a NAS but only plan on getting the hotswappable 3+ bay drive. In that case a hard drive going down won’t lose my data as the redundancy is 3X or more. As new bigger drives get cheaper you can just swap them out on the fly without affecting the data. The only thing that would get me would be a hardware failure on the machine itself. I have to look into that but another standalone or add-on to this system is a Blu-ray writer. Storage on those will get up to 200gb soon so it’d be only 5 disks yearly or semi-annually to be really well protected.

[capeman]

I’m planning on getting a NAS but only plan on getting the hotswappable 3+ bay drive. In that case a hard drive going down won’t lose my data as the redundancy is 3X or more. As new bigger drives get cheaper you can just swap them out on the fly without affecting the data. The only thing that would get me would be a hardware failure on the machine itself. I have to look into that but another standalone or add-on to this system is a Blu-ray writer. Storage on those will get up to 200gb soon so it’d be only 5 disks yearly or semi-annually to be really well protected.

[capeman]

I’m planning on getting a NAS but only plan on getting the hotswappable 3+ bay drive. In that case a hard drive going down won’t lose my data as the redundancy is 3X or more. As new bigger drives get cheaper you can just swap them out on the fly without affecting the data. The only thing that would get me would be a hardware failure on the machine itself. I have to look into that but another standalone or add-on to this system is a Blu-ray writer. Storage on those will get up to 200gb soon so it’d be only 5 disks yearly or semi-annually to be really well protected.

[DoJC]

As a digital photographer I’d add a few caveats:

1. USB is simply too slow for transferring large amounts of data. Check into adding either FireWire 800 or an eSATA port.

2. Look into a RAID 1 system to add an automatic/redundant system.

3. Buy larger than you think you need, but shoot one below the largest available. Seagate released a 1.5TB drive recently, and it sells for under $180 each. Once they hammer out the reliability issues they will be a viable option, and getting a 3TB external system will be obtainable for cheap.

4. Consider using a combination of a single, large internal drive for back-up along with an external system you can move/hide. As someone else said, if you’re home is broken into you’ll have everything in one convenient place to steal, thus losing it all forever.

[DoJC]

As a digital photographer I’d add a few caveats:

1. USB is simply too slow for transferring large amounts of data. Check into adding either FireWire 800 or an eSATA port.

2. Look into a RAID 1 system to add an automatic/redundant system.

3. Buy larger than you think you need, but shoot one below the largest available. Seagate released a 1.5TB drive recently, and it sells for under $180 each. Once they hammer out the reliability issues they will be a viable option, and getting a 3TB external system will be obtainable for cheap.

4. Consider using a combination of a single, large internal drive for back-up along with an external system you can move/hide. As someone else said, if you’re home is broken into you’ll have everything in one convenient place to steal, thus losing it all forever.

[DoJC]

As a digital photographer I’d add a few caveats:

1. USB is simply too slow for transferring large amounts of data. Check into adding either FireWire 800 or an eSATA port.

2. Look into a RAID 1 system to add an automatic/redundant system.

3. Buy larger than you think you need, but shoot one below the largest available. Seagate released a 1.5TB drive recently, and it sells for under $180 each. Once they hammer out the reliability issues they will be a viable option, and getting a 3TB external system will be obtainable for cheap.

4. Consider using a combination of a single, large internal drive for back-up along with an external system you can move/hide. As someone else said, if you’re home is broken into you’ll have everything in one convenient place to steal, thus losing it all forever.

[DoJC]

As a digital photographer I’d add a few caveats:

1. USB is simply too slow for transferring large amounts of data. Check into adding either FireWire 800 or an eSATA port.

2. Look into a RAID 1 system to add an automatic/redundant system.

3. Buy larger than you think you need, but shoot one below the largest available. Seagate released a 1.5TB drive recently, and it sells for under $180 each. Once they hammer out the reliability issues they will be a viable option, and getting a 3TB external system will be obtainable for cheap.

4. Consider using a combination of a single, large internal drive for back-up along with an external system you can move/hide. As someone else said, if you’re home is broken into you’ll have everything in one convenient place to steal, thus losing it all forever.

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