On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 11:59:47AM -0400, John Francis scripsit: > On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 06:08:58AM -0400, David J Brooks wrote: > > So i finally made it to a Future shop and picked up an external HD to > > use as my LR back up drive. > > > > I managed to get my catalogue backed up, at least i think i have them > > all, it did not ask that question. > > Silly question, but: are you sure you've backed up the *images*, as > well as the catalogue? It's best to be sure that you have done that > before you actually delete any of the images from the disk.
Also note -- one copy is not a backup. You need a minimum of three copies on three different drives, one of which is somewhere else, before you can possibly call it a backup. > Bear in mind, too, that if you've only got the images copied to one > external drive, then as soon as you delete them from your hard drive > you no longer have a backup of those images. If your external drive > goes bad you've lost those images for ever. You should really get a > second external drive as well, and keep a redundant copy. _two_ redundant copies. Drives bought at the same time have a distressing tendency to fail at the same time. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
