Please comment briefly on your backup strategy.

By Editor • Posted: Mar 13, 2009
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We all know that digital image file backup is important. How do you currently back up your image files?
Please comment briefly on your backup strategy.
I have them on the hard drive and will back them up some day.
29% (155 votes)
CDs and DVDs
20% (108 votes)
External hard drive
49% (261 votes)
Online
3% (14 votes)
Total votes: 538
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George C. McDuffie's picture
Submitted by George C. McDuffie on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

My wife and I back up our pictures, etc. Mot only on an external hard drive but also on CD/DVDs, and a thumbdrive. One can't be careful enough.

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Submitted by Karen on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

I back-up monthly on DVDs, backup daily with Time Machine to an external hard drive, and have backed up with Blackblaze online.

Robert K. Bailey's picture
Submitted by Robert K. Bailey on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

I download to Desktop, Fix the Meta-Data, Then export to my LaCie 1-T GB, Burn, later to DVD, Let my Time Machine Pick up on the other external Hard Disk. I pick out what I want to print, put them in a folder, and send the finish photos to about three difference folder for best photo of year, Contest Photos, and Photo date photos.

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Submitted by Phil Ball on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

I can't choose just one because I backup my photos in several different ways. I burn CDs and I backup to an external hard drive and the good ones are also backed up on a thumb drive.

Peter A. White's picture
Submitted by Peter A. White on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

For my needs, two independent hard drives plus my computer's HD should suffice. All three back-up methods have pros and cons. Using all 3 methods is the ultra hard core startegy without a doubt.

Richard King's picture
Submitted by Richard King on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

I use the WD Studio 2TB drives which include mirrored back up.

Brad Marks's picture
Submitted by Brad Marks on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

Then I take the external hard drive off-site and rotate with another one so I always have a copy of my most recent work off-site.

Arni Cheatham's picture
Submitted by Arni Cheatham on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

I keep 90% of images on external drives and then use Microsoft Sync Toy to backup working drives to a dedicated 1 Terabyte External Backup drive. Periodically I pull the backup drive and store it replacing it with a fresh backup drive.

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Submitted by Jim Hayes on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

Because I have important business files, I have 3 external 1 TB hard drives for backup: One uses Apple "Time Machine" to easily recover files. Two are using "Super Duper" which makes a bootable copy. One is always attached to the computer for daily backup and the other is in my bank lock box, updated monthly. Nothing less will do!