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Posted by NikonGuy
 - November 29, 2007, 03:51:43 AM
Nice!, I have all of my pic's on DVD's.  8)
Posted by Midnight Mover
 - November 28, 2007, 11:06:08 PM
Quote from: Fernando Sedeno on November 28, 2007, 06:12:56 PM
So you guys use External Hard Drives to store all of your picture's?

Yes, I have about the same methods as Josh, about 6 HD plus all burned to DVD?s about 4 times over.
Posted by NikonGuy
 - November 28, 2007, 07:18:49 PM
Nice.  :)
Posted by Josh
 - November 28, 2007, 07:00:59 PM
Quote from: Fernando Sedeno on November 28, 2007, 06:12:56 PM
So you guys use External Hard Drives to store all of your picture's?

I do, I have 4 EHDs dedicated to my photos. 2 to keep with my computer, and 2 somewhere else for safe keeping.
Posted by NikonGuy
 - November 28, 2007, 06:12:56 PM
So you guys use External Hard Drives to store all of your picture's?
Posted by Midnight Mover
 - November 27, 2007, 08:45:12 PM
Yes, 3.5? HD put into external HD enclosure such as CompUSA USB 2.0 3.5 inch External Hard Drive Enclosure http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=BROWSE&N=200125&product_code=312100
Posted by phantomphan1974
 - November 27, 2007, 04:10:20 AM
Quote from: Midnight Mover on November 26, 2007, 11:21:32 PM
Quote from: phantomphan1974 on November 26, 2007, 09:35:37 PM
Will keep checking.  Computer does not even see it.  I disconnected it now but will try again soon.

Thanks Robert.

It could be the case that the external hd is in that is having problems, power supply etc. You could try and mount the drive in a different case. If the hd spins up, you should be able to get the data off of it. Many things to try.
Thanks.  You build your externals drives? Is that what you mean?
Quote from: Midnight Mover on November 26, 2007, 09:42:07 PM
All external hard disks that I have were built, not store bought.
Posted by Midnight Mover
 - November 26, 2007, 11:21:32 PM
Quote from: phantomphan1974 on November 26, 2007, 09:35:37 PM
Will keep checking.  Computer does not even see it.  I disconnected it now but will try again soon.

Thanks Robert.

It could be the case that the external hd is in that is having problems, power supply etc. You could try and mount the drive in a different case. If the hd spins up, you should be able to get the data off of it. Many things to try.
Posted by NikonGuy
 - November 26, 2007, 09:45:05 PM
I wish I knew how to do all of that  :'(
Posted by Midnight Mover
 - November 26, 2007, 09:42:07 PM
All external hard disks that I have were built, not store bought.
Posted by Midnight Mover
 - November 26, 2007, 09:38:55 PM
Quote from: phantomphan1974 on November 26, 2007, 10:58:29 AM
Also any suggestions on brands?  Cnet has higher reviews than the actual ones but the users.  All a bit confusing.


I bought 2 Seagate 650GB hard drives. They will become my backup drives. I used the Maxtor 320 GB drives for the last year and they worked great. As with everything, they fill up.
Posted by Midnight Mover
 - November 26, 2007, 09:38:08 PM
After that experience, every thing I save is copied to at least 3 drives. 1 main and 2 externals.  The drive that boots windows XP pro, I do not store anything on. You can get into trouble with this too if windows goes south.
Posted by phantomphan1974
 - November 26, 2007, 09:35:37 PM
Will keep checking.  Computer does not even see it.  I disconnected it now but will try again soon.

Thanks Robert.
Posted by Midnight Mover
 - November 26, 2007, 09:29:08 PM
That?s evil! I only had one hard disk go bad out of about 15. The one that went bad was similar. I kept booting it as an external, and when it stabilized I copied everything.
Posted by phantomphan1974
 - November 26, 2007, 09:22:31 PM
A Maxtor. It makes a tic tic sound.  Alltec said it was time for a new one and out $100-$300 to recover data  :o