The Nothing

You’ve heard it all before - back up your images.

Yes, do it. Right now.

DVD burner? can get a lot images on a DVD… CDR? not as many images, but works just the same. Multimedia server (ie networked harddrive array) think thats the route I’m about to go.

Over the weekend I lost my C: drive. Also lost video and my power supply, so I ended up building a new PC. The one I was using was about 7 years old, so it was time for some catastrophic failure.

Fortunately my C: drive only held applications, copies of every website i’ve ever built, and some random pictures, emails and other documents from 1995-2002. I have two other drives that contain everything else, including backups of many of the various applications I had installed. My loss was not so severe.

This time….

Next time it could easily be one of my other drives.

I’m planning on a massive drive backup this week. I’m also thinking of a Network Storage Server. These days you can get 1-2TB (yes, terabyte - 1000 gigs) storage servers for 300-600 bucks. If you already have a home network setup, it’ll plug right in. How cool is that? Check out this Western Digital 2TB setup.

So, what else did this event cost me? Well, a new macro lens. Spent as much on the new PC build as I would have on the Canon 60mm EFS macro. Fortunately that is all it cost me. Not years worth of images on top of that.