Backing up to "D" hard drive on your computer is not always the best option. In actual fact, (unless you physically added a hard drive), "D" is just a partitioned section of "C". So if one goes that means both are usually gone. I am now using 2 external hard drives (USB connected), mostly for my photos & family history files. They are a lot easier to do searches on than all my cds/dvds, esp for my many photos. Marilyn www.marilynleland.piczo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ However, my backup procedure is to back up my C: Drive to a Backup\ folder on my D: Drive. Similarly, I backup D: Drive to C: Drive. If one crashes, I have the alternate.
Absolutely correct, I should have made that clearer. These are two physical drives. C: is the original 120 gig drive used primarily for programs; D: is a 160 gig drive used mostly for data and images. My removable drive is 250 gig on which I'm storing all my images now. As a matter of fact, my backups are further broken up into two sets each: C: - System & Programs, not genealogy related C: - Genealogy-related programs D: - General Data D: - Genealogy-related data, including genealogy images H: - Images, not genealogy-related Hope to get a new PC this spring. Notice that they come with removable "pocket drives" and DVDs for greater backup options. Cost of storage--drives and memory--is getting really cheap. Bob At 2/26/2007 07:49 AM, Marilyn wrote: > Backing up to "D" hard drive on your computer is not always the best option. >In actual fact, (unless you physically added a hard drive), "D" is just a >partitioned section of "C". >So if one goes that means both are usually gone. > >I am now using 2 external hard drives (USB connected), mostly for my >photos & family history files. >They are a lot easier to do searches on than all my cds/dvds, esp for my >many photos. > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >However, my backup procedure is to back up my C: Drive to a Backup\ > folder on my D: Drive. Similarly, I backup D: Drive to C: Drive. If one > crashes, I have the alternate. Bob Geldart BGeldart@verizon.net Maynard, MA