I'm looking to backup files from my aging PC so I can wipe it and reinstall everything. It's got a 500GB disc currently which isn't full. The files I want to save are mostly photos and videos, but there's also some Word documents and saved games that my son wants to keep. I intend to be using it to backup all my photos from all devices, and would like to be able to plug it into the TV or Xbox to show family our holiday snaps.
I think a 1TB disc would be a good value approach for future proofing. What is the recommended brand and model these days?
As an additional thought, I hear people using NAS setups. I'd be interested in that approach if it meant my files would be safer from disc failure (RAID) and it gives me remote access.
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
CrashPlan, blackblaze and I think amazon prime starting rolling out unlimited photo storage to prime users.
Remember that Could-based services can go bust so I'd always recommend a physical backup to an external hard drive.
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Google Drive is 15GB.
Amazon Cloud is 5GB.
lol, sorry, I misread, you said TB, not GB. I've edited.
It does seem a lot. But a 500GB drive is likely to be about 75% the cost of a 1TB drive. I think it's worth having that extra capacity - I've found it handy in the past when needing to backup my laptop before a rebuild, and because I intend to put all my CDs on there (only in medium rate MP3) and might also put my DVD collection on there. In future I intend to be doing photography with a large sensor camera in raw mode, so the storage could be useful for a small outlay.
I went down the NAS route and got a Zyxel NSA 325 v2, set up for RAID 1. It has all my photos, films etc. on it, protected against hard drive failure. Now my files are available to other PCs, tablets or Smart TV's on the network.
It supposedly has a remote access option, but I've not tried it yet.
I like digital cameras for being able to take a picture and know if it's any good... the idea of having thousands of photos I worry about storing and cataloging but never looking at seems daft, but that seems to be what's happened to most digital camera users.
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Nekkid pics of Ted Nugent is not a win.
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