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by Answer Rabbit on April 3rd, 2006

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How can I archive the photos off my digital camera without taking up too much space on my computer?

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  • by Shabba on April 3rd, 2006

    Shabba

    Another way is to use a compression program such as Windows Compressed Folders, or WinAce or WinZip. These will compress data so that it doesn't take up as much space.

    If you have a CD burner or DVD burner, you can copy the files off the camera to your hard drive, and then burn them to a CD or DVD. As long as you look after the disc, you should never lose the photos then.

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  • by Anonymous on February 24th, 2009

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    Your two best options are Verbatim Archival Grade DVD+RW. And an off site back up service like Carbonite. If your home burns, floods, or is damaged in someway an off site online back up would allow you to recover your pictures at anytime or anyplace.

    I would avoid using flash memory or flash drives, they are expensive and have a short shelf life or data retention of only 10 years. Archival DVD is projected to last 50+ years. Standard CD/DVDs typically use an organic dye as the recording layer. This organic dye can decay after a few years to a decade. I have several CDs from only two years ago and they are no longer readable.


    For $50 per year. You can have a complete system back up including your most importatnt stuff. Carbonite is well worth the cost. External Hard Drives are easily broken from falls, magnetism, and time. Offsite backups are the only safe way to ensure your data will be around when you need it.
    http://www.carbonite.com/

    Archival Grade DVD
    http://www.verbatim.com/products/subcategory.cfm?pc_id=7CA8481A-AA65-482E-991CD8C4156EA2D3&pc_parent=1DC9DF5C-C0D4-4AEC-BE4352D34D71B4EB

    Archival Grade CD (less capacity, than DVD)
    http://www.verbatim.com/products/subcategory.cfm?pc_id=7CA8481A-AA65-482E-991CD8C4156EA2D3&pc_parent=1DC9DF5C-C0D4-4AEC-BE4352D34D71B4EB

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  • by SCPics on February 23rd, 2009

    SCPics

    Try a program called Shrink. It can compress jpgs up to 80% without reducing image quality. I know everyone says you can't compress jpgs and I was skeptical at first but this program works. The best thing is it only costs $10 to register. You can find it here www.sharewaregenie.com/ShrinkReview.php

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  • by RedJohn on April 5th, 2006

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    The greatest amount of storage is offered by external rotating disk drives. Most use USB2 or Firewire (IEEE 1394A/B) interfaces. Drives can also be installed in hot- (swap when running) or cold- (power-down to remove or insert) swap mounts, which allow you to remove the entire drive from the computer for storage. However, all rotating disk drives are somewhat liable to failure. They may have a much greater MTBF (mean time between failure) than they did a decade ago, but they are still fragile. You can reduce wear and tear on the archive drive by turning it off when you don't need it.

    In conjunction with the rotating disk drive or in place of it, use a DVD recorder. These can store 4.7GB (single-layer) or 9.4GB (dual-layer) of data. Since optical disks deteriorate over time, you should always make *two* verified copies of the image data before removing the image files from your hard drive. Always store the disks safely in their cases and place them somewhere where they are unlikely to be damaged (e.g., closet shelf, cupboard).

    The quality of optical media varies widely. In general, the more you spend, the better the disk; avoid budget or discount brands. When you record the data, use the slowest available recording speed and use the recording software to verify the disk contents afterwards. If the software does not have a verify option, copy the contents of the DVD to your hard drive to ensure the data can be read and check a few files at random, before deleting them. This reduces the possibility of errors and can produce disks that last for ten years or more, instead of one. DVD recorders for computers are generally made as cheaply as possible and their quality and longevity also varies widely. When the technology exists and you can afford it, switch to Blu-Ray, because it has a much larger storage capacity.

    You should verify that you can read the optical disks you have created at least once a year. If a disk fails, make a new one from the remaining copy immediately (you made two, remember?).

    Footnote: one other answer suggested using an on-line storage. This is inadequate for more than a few small files. You should also check the fine print in the terms of use agreement, since you may find that your images have entered the public domain by storing them in the 'free' archive or have become the property of the company running the site, in which case they could profit by selling them.

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  • by Farmall on April 3rd, 2006

    Farmall

    You could get a flash drive that hooks up by usb port. Once on the flash drive you can take with you and use on any computer. You can get a flash drive fairly inexpensively and can get them up to 4 gigabytes. Or you can store them on yahoo photos for free with unlimited storage.

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  • by davoomac on April 3rd, 2006

    davoomac

    Here are just a few things you can do:

    1. Get an external Hard drive. You can easily transfer and store all of your photos on an external hard drive and not take up space on your computer. Many people use external harddrives purely for their photos, videos, and music.

    2. Once you get the photos off of your digital camera you can upload your pictures onto the web using a variety of websites. A few good websites for storing photos online would be www.snapfish.com, www.flikr.com, www.photobucket.com, www.imagestation.com, www.myphotoalbum.com, www.picturetrail.com, and www.jalbum.net. (just to name a few)

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  • by dead leaves raked in a pile on February 24th, 2009

    dead leaves raked in a pile

    Get a USB plug in hard drive. 500 GB or 1 TB will hold a lot of pics without bogging down your system disk.

    If you have a network and several computers might want to access this data warehouse, consider NAS (Network Attached Storage) - an external disk connected by Ethernet so any computer on the network can access it

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  • by douchebarge on February 25th, 2009

    douchebarge

    Use tar -z

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  • by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on February 24th, 2009

    8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009

    Considering the price of external hard drives these days, space isn't really an issue.

    Personally, I set my 8.1 mega-pixel camera to shoot at "only" 5 megapixels and that alone cuts the space requirements to about 1/4.

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