Comments on: Joel asks “What’s the best way to back up my digital photos?”

By: Ray Hollister

Ray Hollister — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:14:37 +0000

Good question, Hamim. By redundancy I mean you want to have your files backed up in multiple places. CrashPlan+ and Pogoplug both have services that will backup your files on an external harddrive and online.

Unfortunately, I don’t know of any system that will backup your files in more than two places. Most of your files don’t need to be backed up more than twice, but we do recommend that really important files be backed up in three places. For those files, I would try those gold plated DVD-Rs, and/or regular DVD-Rs.

By: HamimCHOWHURY

HamimCHOWHURY — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:01:57 +0000

can you please explain further abt redundancy, if any text about its operation is good for me, can you name some device has this redundancy execution.

By: Ray Hollister

Ray Hollister — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 16:38:48 +0000

There are gold plated DVD-Rs that claim to last 50-100 years, but I won’t believe it until I see it.

The best way to back up your digital photos is with redundancy. Have an external backup drive for emergencies. Have an online backup for the real emergencies, and then sure, try a gold plated DVD-R.

By: Hamim CHOWDHURY

Hamim CHOWDHURY — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 04:44:11 +0000

dear concern
How do i archive my photos in a gold platted DVD -R . do you think this is more safe than HDD, ?