DrMoriarty
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€15.99 delivery makes it €76.98. Still not a bad price considering most b&m stores are still asking that much for a 1TB drive...
I backup my photos/music etc on to 2 different hard drives. There's always a possibility that one of them could fail, they are complicated bits of engineering. If one should fail, then I'd buy another and get back to 2 copies on hard drives.
And also keep really important photos on DVDs too. Can never be too sure.
Do you keep them in two different physical locations, to protect against total loss due to theft, fire or flood?
I'm looking into this at the moment also. The online option doesn't appeal to me at all I have to say...especially for something like family photographs/videos...you have no idea who can see them and where they are being stored.
I'm planning to buy 3 x 1TB external hard drives from 3 differnt manufacturers. I'll keep one near my PC, one in the attic (wrapped) and the other at my parents place.This should do the job I think. I make that about 200 euro all in without a monthly charge. Does anyone see any shortcomings with this approach (apart from the commitment to making regular backups?)
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I'm planning to buy 3 x 1TB external hard drives from 3 differnt manufacturers. I'll keep one near my PC, one in the attic (wrapped) and the other at my parents place.This should do the job I think. I make that about 200 euro all in without a monthly charge. Does anyone see any shortcomings with this approach (apart from the commitment to making regular backups?)
You're probably right, but they're family photos & movies and they're very important to me. I'll look at DVDs as well.Sounds way over the top to me. The chances of simultaenous failure of both your main PC drive and any one backup drive is tiny, if you keep the drives physically separate, e.g. one in work and one at home.
A friend of mine once said that sex with a condom on is like having a bath with your socks on!Would you wear three (or even four) condoms when you play around?
Either is fine. You can probably just unplug it if you're not writing to or reading from it as it is probably 'optimised for quick removal'; (to check this right click on the USB drive icon in My Computer/Computer -> Select Properties -> Select the Hardware tab -> Select your USB drive and click on Properties -> click on Policies tab).My question is - should i still use "safely remove hardware" or just power down my computer so i can safely unplug it?
As an aside, I always pay for amazon.co.uk in GBP as that is invariably, slightly cheaper that accepting the offered euro conversion rate (in may experience anyway).got it from Amazon £90.74 (€108.02 on my c/card).
As an aside, I always pay for amazon.co.uk in GBP as that is invariably, slightly cheaper that accepting the offered euro conversion rate (in may experience anyway).
I don't. But I've made a note of the Amazon offered euro price on the past 20+ orders I've placed and the ultimate cost on my CC (when charged, converted from GBP and 1.75% FX fee applied) has been less on every occasion.How do you know exactly what fx rate will be used when the GBP transaction hits your credit card account?