Right, so, my posting lately has been dismal. There's a couple reasons for this. Work (which is a different post) and our external hard drive.A few years ago, we bought an external hard drive, which we use to store all of our pictures and music, as well as some other miscellaneous files. Okay, pretty much everything. It's hooked up to the network and we can access it from any computer, so it's very convenient.
Except, of course, when it's not. And it hasn't been for the past month. The drive has been exceedingly flaky, I can never get to any of the pictures—folders just start disappearing and reappearing. Keith has been tearing his hair out over the issue for a few days now, without a lasting solution.
It's freaking me out. At this point, I think everything is still there and we'll be able to retrieve it. But I wouldn't say I'm 100% certain. And that's every picture we've ever taken of Eleanor.
We've talked before about online storage, but have never seriously considered it, since we're always loathe to add another monthly expense into the too-tight budget. But we're starting to wonder if it's actually something we can do without.
Do any of you use online backup? How do you make sure your files and digital memories don't disappear?
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I know this sounds like a question for a librarian, but I still haven't found a satisfactory way to be sure digital archives are safe. Since the pics are irreplaceable, I'd probably backup anything you store online to a hard drive. Personally, I backup all my photos to a 4G memory stick.
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