On 14/03/2014 11:29 AM, Jerrie wrote: > Wayne > I have been wondering. Im about to back up to a external hard drive. > I lot of photos will be backed up again. I have added more to the folders. > Should I just delete the ones I have on the external H D because they > will be added again on this back up? > Regards, Jerrie > On 3/12/2014 7:47 PM, Wayne Jones wrote: >> A quick check of the Costco web site shows that most, if not all show >> desktops having 1 or 2 terabytes on their hard drive, your 1.6 gb of >> pictures would take up negligible space. That being said, I have all my >> pictures on an external hard drive for safety's sake in case of a disk >> failure. I also burn a DVD of all my pictures every six months or so to >> keep my daughter up to date on the picture files. >> >> Aloha >> Wayne, NH6K >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mack165@juno.com >> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 1:24 PM >> To: GEN-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com; COMPUTER-HELP@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [GN] advice external harddrive? >> >> I know I should buy a new computer(desktop) since I am using my older XP. I >> have 1.6 GB's of pictures on my computer. Wondering if I bought an external >> hard drive( or a flash drive) would it make sense to store all my pictures >> on it and would it free up 1.6 GB of memory??Thanks, John >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Never Eat This Carb >> Literally Never! 1 Easy Tip to Increase Fat Burning, Lower Blood Sugar >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5320ecb0516646cb06758st04vuc >> >> ******************** >> >> Gen-Newbie's website: >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ******************** >> >> Gen-Newbie's website: >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > I use Karens Replicator to back up my laptops to external hard drives. Once the first back up is done the program will only copy new or changed files to the external drive. The program is easily customisable so you can tailor your backups to include what you want. Regards Peter Goggin --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com