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I finally backed up my pictures..sortof

January 30th, 2008 at 04:37 pm

The last few weeks about once every three times I turn my computer on it says there is no hard drive. I mentioned it to my tech support (husband) and made a mental note to back up some important 'stuff'. Of course you know how well mental notes work on me!

Actually I wasn't that bad I asked him how to go about it, and he said umm no DVD burner? will take forever on CD...(and I didn't point out my CD burner hasn't worked in years).

So instead I took my pictures folder and copied it over to my second hard drive...might not be perfect, but at least they are in two places. (yes I have two, he bought himself a new one several years ago, and I got his old plus mine - still only adds up to 40Gigs though)

I got my husband to agree to a rule that I am sticking to...no new computer parts until the car is paid off... AT the time I thought going 4 years between computer upgrades wouldn't be that hard....I forgot how often we use them! (old habit was a couple hundred spent on something new, hard drives or video cards or something about every 2 years)

2 Responses to “I finally backed up my pictures..sortof”

  1. Broken Arrow Says:
    1201735035

    Hmm. You COULD use something like Google Mail or Yahoo Mail, and email yourself with attachements of ZIPPED up archives of stuff you want to save. That method is free.

    However, I am a proponent of a "real" backup system. I don't really care what it is, so long as it's something that you know you will use, or better yet, is all automated for you.

    I actually use a separate external hard drive for my backup needs. I used to use CD/DVD burners, but they take so long that, frankly, I rarely ever use it. But a hard drive? Turn it on, drag and drop. Super easy.

    Sure, it's not the perfect solution, but it's one that I actually DO use.

  2. nanamom Says:
    1201789574

    You could ask for the new gadgets for your husbands birthday, surely someone out there wants the ideas!! Oh and maybe an external hard drive would be a good idea for one of them.

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