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Post by ryan4england on Feb 3, 2016 19:56:55 GMT
am i right in thinking if i purchase one of these i can store all my pics of my computer on it so if i need them at a later date i just plug it into a computer to reload them?
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Post by marwood on Feb 3, 2016 21:13:21 GMT
Yes, although unless you have a large capacity USB you won't get many photos on there really, even modern photo pics tend to be quite a large size these days. You'd be better off getting an external hard drive (which connects via a USB cable), something like WD elements portable 5000GB, I got one for about £49 which backed up all the photos on my old laptop However, exercise caution as neither storage options are solid state. Where's chigstoke when you need him?
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Post by ryan4england on Feb 3, 2016 21:27:12 GMT
Yes, although unless you have a large capacity USB you won't get many photos on there really, even modern photo pics tend to be quite a large size these days. You'd be better off getting an external hard drive (which connects via a USB cable), something like WD elements portable 5000GB, I got one for about £49 which backed up all the photos on my old laptop However, exercise caution as neither storage options are solid state. Where's chigstoke when you need him? thanks for that
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Post by scfcmacca on Feb 3, 2016 22:00:28 GMT
If your on iTunes you can back it all up to iCloud which is a storage space on the net
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Post by ukcstokie on Feb 4, 2016 10:20:09 GMT
Yes, although unless you have a large capacity USB you won't get many photos on there really, even modern photo pics tend to be quite a large size these days. You'd be better off getting an external hard drive (which connects via a USB cable), something like WD elements portable 5000GB, I got one for about £49 which backed up all the photos on my old laptop However, exercise caution as neither storage options are solid state. Where's chigstoke when you need him? I don't think you got a 5000GB = 5TB for £49! 500G more like, else it was a bloody good bargain!
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Post by marwood on Feb 4, 2016 22:09:37 GMT
Yes, although unless you have a large capacity USB you won't get many photos on there really, even modern photo pics tend to be quite a large size these days. You'd be better off getting an external hard drive (which connects via a USB cable), something like WD elements portable 5000GB, I got one for about £49 which backed up all the photos on my old laptop However, exercise caution as neither storage options are solid state. Where's chigstoke when you need him? I don't think you got a 5000GB = 5TB for £49! 500G more like, else it was a bloody good bargain! You're right, it was 500GB. Anything more advanced than an Atari Woody and I start to lose all concept of technical capability
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Post by metalhead on Feb 5, 2016 10:13:28 GMT
I'd be wary about relying on flash memory entirely. For years, I've used flash memory (SD cards, USB etc) without thinking about the consequences of losing valuable data. Then recently, one of my SD cards went caput and I lost some very important files, in particular, the drivers for various hardware features for my somewhat dated in-car sat nav, which are now bordering on impossible to find. Luckily, I was eventually able to find replacements but it took hours of internet crawling and downloading files that didn't work for me. If I hadn't found replacements, my sat nav would have been scrap.... well I exaggerate, not scrap, but half the features that made it worth buying in the first place would be unusable.
If it's anything important, I suggest keeping copies.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 5, 2016 12:20:40 GMT
I fully endorse what Marwood says. I have a 1TB WD external drive and I back up everything on my laptop to it once a week. A 500G would have done the trick but a drive double the size is more proof against the "fact" that everything in computing seems to double in size every few years - and my 1 TB drive cost hardly any more than the 500 Gig drive.
As regards photos, as well as backing them up to the external drive I also upload them all to Picasa which means that there is also an online version of all my photos nicely indexed into albums in date order.
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Post by metalhead on Feb 5, 2016 12:50:36 GMT
I fully endorse what Marwood says. I have a 1TB WD external drive and I back up everything on my laptop to it once a week. A 500G would have done the trick but a drive double the size is more proof against the "fact" that everything in computing seems to double in size every few years - and my 1 TB drive cost hardly any more than the 500 Gig drive. As regards photos, as well as backing them up to the external drive I also upload them all to Picasa which means that there is also an online version of all my photos nicely indexed into albums in date order. Things do double in size, but it's usually from an application perspective. 9/10 you don't need to backup that rubbish at all, or you just need to backup the tiny config file which makes it work.
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Post by chigstoke on Feb 5, 2016 13:00:58 GMT
Yes, although unless you have a large capacity USB you won't get many photos on there really, even modern photo pics tend to be quite a large size these days. You'd be better off getting an external hard drive (which connects via a USB cable), something like WD elements portable 5000GB, I got one for about £49 which backed up all the photos on my old laptop However, exercise caution as neither storage options are solid state. Where's chigstoke when you need him? I am here! Avoid eBay sellers where possible. A lot are 'fake' WD's, Seagates, Sandisk etc... So called 64GB USB 3 drives end up being 2GB drives which actually overwrite data already written previously. So you're basically replacing old photos and videos or music. Pretty much anything. A WD elements will do you very well. Or for a little more, set up a NAS and have wireless storage for everybody in the house. WD, Segate and Buffalo make great ones. 500GB should be plenty, but a 1TB sets you for years and years with photos. If you're on a desktop. Your options vary again. 5400rpm drives, 7200, 10000. Then there is Samsung, WD, Seagate, Toshiba, Hitachi, Sandisk. My next upgrade is going to be a Seagate Archive 8 Terabyte drive. Here are some you could try for USB - Toshiba Canvio 1TB (I use the 500 model on my Xbox One) Samsung 2TBWD Elements 1TBBuffalo Wireless 500GB
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 14:24:07 GMT
One little tip from me is .
Do not move important files to another device , copy them then delete the original.
If you have a power cut or read error while moving you could lose them. (not often but can and has happened)
You guys with business files should invest in a Mirrored Array on your pc where one hard drive does nothing but mirror the original, I advise to buy 3 identical hard drives to do this put one up safe as a replacement when needed.
4.7 gig on DVD makes for a good backup device as well.
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Post by ryan4england on Feb 5, 2016 15:28:33 GMT
Thanks very much for the info it has helped a lot. Think i'll go for a 1tb drive and i like the sound of that app/website that is a storage aswell
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Post by metalhead on Feb 5, 2016 15:33:35 GMT
One little tip from me is . Do not move important files to another device , copy them then delete the original. If you have a power cut or read error while moving you could lose them. (not often but can and has happened) You guys with business files should invest in a Mirrored Array on your pc where one hard drive does nothing but mirror the original, I advise to buy 3 identical hard drives to do this put one up safe as a replacement when needed. 4.7 gig on DVD makes for a good backup device as well. striped/mirrored raid array circa mid 00's. Not quite retro, but retro....
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Feb 5, 2016 15:39:07 GMT
Yes, although unless you have a large capacity USB you won't get many photos on there really, even modern photo pics tend to be quite a large size these days. You'd be better off getting an external hard drive (which connects via a USB cable), something like WD elements portable 5000GB, I got one for about £49 which backed up all the photos on my old laptop However, exercise caution as neither storage options are solid state. Where's chigstoke when you need him? really depends on what camera you're using for your pics. iphones are bloody awful because of the size of their pics but most androids are only a few mb each so you could get over 1,000 on an 8gb usb which only costs about a tenner or so
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 5, 2016 16:02:29 GMT
Yes, although unless you have a large capacity USB you won't get many photos on there really, even modern photo pics tend to be quite a large size these days. You'd be better off getting an external hard drive (which connects via a USB cable), something like WD elements portable 5000GB, I got one for about £49 which backed up all the photos on my old laptop However, exercise caution as neither storage options are solid state.Where's chigstoke when you need him? Solid state is exactly what USB drives and most modern external hard drives are.
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Post by BuzzB on Feb 5, 2016 17:11:17 GMT
Do these external hard drives work with a mini usb, to backup data / photos and videos on an iPad? I aren't interested in using iCloud.
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Post by chigstoke on Feb 5, 2016 18:09:17 GMT
Do these external hard drives work with a mini usb, to backup data / photos and videos on an iPad? I aren't interested in using iCloud. Well on Android, from about KitKat version, introduced USB OTG (On The Go). Now I don't know whether it applies to iOS, but we can plug in a pen drive, HDD etc... and use it as external storage. Quick Google search tells me that the iPad and iPhone use wireless storage. Kingston make the Wi-Drive, and there is Seagate Go-Flex. The Kingston is I think 25 quid for 16Gigs, which certainly isn't value for money. The seagate storage is about 150 quid for 500gb, again, not good value, considering the 8 Terabyte Hard Drive I'll be getting is 160 quid.
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Post by Linx on Feb 5, 2016 21:44:27 GMT
If your on iTunes you can back it all up to iCloud which is a storage space on the net Isn't iCloud actually a big building in Iceland?
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Post by marwood on Feb 5, 2016 21:49:03 GMT
Yes, although unless you have a large capacity USB you won't get many photos on there really, even modern photo pics tend to be quite a large size these days. You'd be better off getting an external hard drive (which connects via a USB cable), something like WD elements portable 5000GB, I got one for about £49 which backed up all the photos on my old laptop However, exercise caution as neither storage options are solid state.Where's chigstoke when you need him? Solid state is exactly what USB drives and most modern external hard drives are. You can tell I haven't studied computing for a while.
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Post by chigstoke on Feb 5, 2016 22:33:09 GMT
Solid state is exactly what USB drives and most modern external hard drives are. You can tell I haven't studied computing for a while. A USB 3.1 port can deliver 10Gbps, which is rapid. Its actually faster than an SSD. An SSD is just a big flash drive effectively inside a large protective shell. Check out an M.2 SSD, very tiny. Plus there are PCI-e SSD's which cost thousands. So many options nowadays
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Post by marwood on Feb 7, 2016 9:38:48 GMT
I fully endorse what Marwood says. I have a 1TB WD external drive and I back up everything on my laptop to it once a week. A 500G would have done the trick but a drive double the size is more proof against the "fact" that everything in computing seems to double in size every few years - and my 1 TB drive cost hardly any more than the 500 Gig drive. As regards photos, as well as backing them up to the external drive I also upload them all to Picasa which means that there is also an online version of all my photos nicely indexed into albums in date order. This used to be called Moores Law, first observed in 1970- I did about in computing years back - is it still going strong now? Surely it can't keep doubling every year forever.
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