I think I will look into this instead.  Will this also work for photos.  I have so many photos and documents that I need to back up.  I dont like saving to disk as the titles and properties information I have added is lost.  I have them organized by yr and category and so on.  Would like to keep them that way.   Robin R Inge "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away"     ________________________________ From: Lawrence E. Oliver <oliverl@suddenlink.net> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:27:36 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions Actually, you can get USB Flash Drives up to 64GB now. They're in the $120 to $200 dollar range though. Larry > >-----Original Message----- > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Morton1000@aol.com > >Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:47 AM > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > > >MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the > >folders, most of them will say something like 2KB - 2 > >kilobytes. A megabtye is 1000 kilobytes. A gigabyte is > >1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 kilogbytes. > > > >The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big > >enough to do much good. You can get thumb drives (usb > >drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the > >walmart drives you mentioned. > > > >Chris > > > > > >************** > >Feeling the pinch at the grocery store?  Make dinner for $10 > >or less. > >(http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I bought a 360GB External Drive on Ebay at Christmas time for $49.95 including shipping. Storage is definitely dropping in price. Suzie TXFannin On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Robin Inge <wolfhuntress2002@yahoo.com>wrote: > I think I will look into this instead. Will this also work for photos. I > have so many photos and documents that I need to back up. I dont like > saving to disk as the titles and properties information I have added is > lost. I have them organized by yr and category and so on. Would like to > keep them that way. > > > > Robin R Inge > "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number > of moments that take our breath away" > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Lawrence E. Oliver <oliverl@suddenlink.net> > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:27:36 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > Actually, you can get USB Flash Drives up to 64GB now. They're in the $120 > to $200 dollar range though. > > Larry > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > > >[mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Morton1000@aol.com > > >Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:47 AM > > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > > > > >MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the > > >folders, most of them will say something like 2KB - 2 > > >kilobytes. A megabtye is 1000 kilobytes. A gigabyte is > > >1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 kilogbytes. > > > > > >The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big > > >enough to do much good. You can get thumb drives (usb > > >drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the > > >walmart drives you mentioned. > > > > > >Chris > > > > > > > > >************** > > >Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 > > >or less. > > >(http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > > > > >------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >