I used to back up to CD and then delete the images from my hard drive to free up space. What I didn’t think of is that the CD was then not really a back up – being the only copy and CDs can fail, as I have found out to my cost losing over 600 images
My set up now is with 2 internal hard drives and an external one. I have my OS on C: and my images on D: and back up to the ext HD. What I keep meaning to do and this will be my 2006 resolution, is to take the external drive off site. I’m going to keep it at work and just bring it home overnight, say once/month to update my back up.
At the moment my ext HD sits on top of my system unit, so if some one broke in and stole my PC, or heaven forbid, there was a fire …. it doesn’t bear thinking about
Do you remember the series of adverts for the Pru a little while ago using poems? There was one that is particularly apposite here, and I hope they won’t mind me reproducing it
Photographs are smiles that last forever
Snowmen that can never melt away
Birthday celebrations caught in amber
Rescued from the vaults of yesterday
Faces that were once more dear than diamonds
Boys who kept you up until the dawn
Houses filled with bicycles and babies
Ghosts who left their shadows on the lawn
Photographs are holes in time’s grey curtain
Through them we can peek into the past
Call upon our parents and our children
Pop a cork with members of the cast
There they are, the days of jazz and joy-rides
Snaps of magic moments lit by laughs
If you ever find my house on fire
Leave the silver
Save the photographs
Makes you think doesn't it