i want to save all my photos on my PC which is a good one to use

[Original katomi]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Po...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=M5ZCMRY6ZSJY0749VQA1

 

[Original katomi]

Have a look at this and ones like this as said have used this I have three of them different colours help
There is also another idea
It’s old school back from the early days of computers
It goes
Grandfather
Father
Son
You store your info/pics in rotation The grandfather is used then becomes the son and so on that way in a major failure you have two older backups. As said v old school
To staff members I am not advertising or get any benefit from link just showing what is possible hope this is ok

 

[photoflyer]

I use, like others have posted, use a Western Digital external hard drive and it is accessible over the internet. Seagate has similar offerings.

Also, once a year I buy a memory stick and on new year's day I backup that year's images to it and then place those memory sticks in a separate location.

 

[Photo Lady]

I use, like others have posted, use a Western Digital external hard drive and it is accessible over the internet. Seagate has similar offerings.

Also, once a year I buy a memory stick and on new year's day I backup that year's images to it and then place those memory sticks in a separate location.

sounds good to do in the future.. thank you

 

[Photo Lady]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Po...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=M5ZCMRY6ZSJY0749VQA1

thanks again.. this is what I will get..

 

[weepete]

The 8 Best External Hard Drives of 2019

Personally I've got a 1TB Western Digital drive that I use to back up my files that it would hurt to loose. It's pretty slow and clunky but it does work to recover files.

Another option would be to clone your hard drive with something like Acronis True Image where you can create an exact copy of your current hard disk. I've also been thinking about cloud storage as an off site backup lateley too as it's come down in price quite a bit.

 

[Photo Lady]

The 8 Best External Hard Drives of 2019

Personally I've got a 1TB Western Digital drive that I use to back up my files that it would hurt to loose. It's pretty slow and clunky but it does work to recover files.

Another option would be to clone your hard drive with something like Acronis True Image where you can create an exact copy of your current hard disk. I've also been thinking about cloud storage as an off site backup lateley too as it's come down in price quite a bit.

thank you.. I am going to investigate all options.. I now have a little knowledge from all of you of what I need.. before this thread I knew nothing.. and I have really been taking a big chance not saving some at least of photos I treasure..

 

[smoke665]

One thing you might consider (especially as a new computer is in your future) is an external SSD something like this https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsun...tate-drive-deep-black/6026202.p?skuId=6026202 with a USB C port in your new computer it will rival or exceed a HDD. I use an external SSD connected through a thunderbolt port as a scratch disk for Ps.

 

[Photo Lady]

One thing you might consider (especially as a new computer is in your future) is an external SSD something like this https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsun...tate-drive-deep-black/6026202.p?skuId=6026202 with a USB C port in your new computer it will rival or exceed a HDD. I use an external SSD connected through a thunderbolt port as a scratch disk for Ps.

they are a little pricey.. but if they work well it will be okay..

 

[smoke665]

they are a little pricey

Yes they are, but consider the advantages. They're about the size of two memory sticks, and extremely fast.

I also have a 4 TB Passport external drive and SyncToy, that I use to backup on. It compares my files on the backup and the computer adjusting as required so the two are in synch.

 

[Photo Lady]

yes that is important.. extremely fast is really good

 

[smoke665]

yes that is important.. extremely fast is really good

Well that depends, if you're just backing up does it really matter if it takes longer???? However if you're using the external drive in your daily use, then it might. A standard USB 3 port has a transfer rate of approximately 5 Gbps, move up to USB-C and you get a transfer rate of 10 Gbps. Get a USB4 or Thunderbolt-3 port like mine and the transfer rate jumps to 40 Gbps, fast enough to actually run programs from. Supposedly you can run Lr on a Thunderbolt - 3 but I haven't tried it. I mostly use mine for secondary cache, and a scratch disk for Ps, I also have an internal 1 TB SSD, and a 2 TB HD

 

[Photo Lady]

yes that is important.. extremely fast is really good

Well that depends, if you're just backing up does it really matter if it takes longer???? However if you're using the external drive in your daily use, then it might. A standard USB 3 port has a transfer rate of approximately 5 Gbps, move up to USB-C and you get a transfer rate of 10 Gbps. Get a USB4 or Thunderbolt-3 port like mine and the transfer rate jumps to 40 Gbps, fast enough to actually run programs from. Supposedly you can run Lr on a Thunderbolt - 3 but I haven't tried it. I mostly use mine for secondary cache, and a scratch disk for Ps, I also have an internal 1 TB SSD, and a 2 TB HD

As long as it doesn't take toooo long I am happy.. maybe on newer Pc things will be faster then this one anyway.. thanks Smoke..

 

[smoke665]

@Photo Lady you didn't request recommendations on a new computer, but in general terms if you're doing photo editing (especially adobe) I'd highly recommend an SSD as your C drive, and supported graphics card with at least 6mb of ram on the card, more if possible. Adobe Lightroom Classic GPU FAQ The latest release of Lightroom is now using the graphics card both to render the image for display for screen and processing of edits.

 

[Photo Lady]

@Photo Lady you didn't request recommendations on a new computer, but in general terms if you're doing photo editing (especially adobe) I'd highly recommend an SSD as your C drive, and supported graphics card with at least 6mb of ram on the card, more if possible. Adobe Lightroom Classic GPU FAQ The latest release of Lightroom is now using the graphics card both to render the image for display for screen and processing of edits.

oh thanks for this added info.. that was going to be my next question.. at a later date.. but now I have something to look into now.. thanks again