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Murphy: your digital images not back upped...
Last night a good friend called: whether I could check her hard disk because somehow some images were lost.
I couldn't solve the problem: more than 600 images are gone. Nothing to do.
A full reportage for a newspaper: gone.
Veryvery painfull.
I know the feeling: I got it when I thought the thieves in Israel took my 2 harddisks... (Later on, I thought for a second there must be a gOd because somehow the thieves forgot one thing in the whole house: my back up hard disk, in full view on the table...)
Anyhow:
I store my important images on 2 synced hard disks, and I am thinking of starting to make extra backups on DVD's.
I was told that is not such a good idea, because DVD's don't last for long.
What do you do to make sure your images/datafiles are never gonna be lost in a disaster?
Posted on February 13, 2006
in Living in Belgium
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Are you sure the pictures are really gone. My husband (geek) uses special software to retrieve data from dead or dying hard drives. I don't know which one specifically but I could ask and you could try that.
As to making a backup (when I don't forget). I send my most valuable stuff to my gmail box. There used to be a little program to turn gmail into a virtual hard drive, but it's not working right now. With that you could just drag and drop.
I you have enough room on your server you can ftp the valuables to a domain or sub-domain. That makes them safe and accessible from anywhere.
Posted by Lies | February 13, 2006 9:54 PMIk heb op aanraden van een Mac Geek Data Rescue II eens gebruikt en een heel deel materiaal kunnen recupereren. Heb er echter wel lang aan gezeten en niet alles was even bruikbaar.
Posted by Pietel | February 14, 2006 6:39 PM