Buying An External Hard Drive On Which To Store Photographs

[Ninnynanny]

I have 1000s of photographs on my PC, not a laptop. I would like to copy them to external hard drive in case of problems with my PC.

Please could someone suggest a model, simple and easy to use, my PC is using Windows 10. I would only be using it as a photo storage facility.

I am not good with technology terms so please use simple terms. Thank you very much.

[scowie]

Doesn't sound like you need much storage space really so a usb flash drive would probably be more appropriate than an external hard drive. It would be more portable and less fiddly to set up. You can get a 32GB one delivered for just £5 (or £8.49 for 64GB)...

https://www.7dayshop.com/products/7dayshop-usb-2-0-flash-drive-usb-2-0-memory-stick-swivel-cap-design-32gb-WH2-7DAYUSB32GBBK

https://www.7dayshop.com/products/grixx-usb-2-0-flash-drive-memory-stick-64gb-WH2-GRUSB64GBALU

[scowie]

or for £5.24 you can get a 32GB one with a 5 year warranty:

https://www.7dayshop.com/products/philips-snow-series-usb-2-0-flash-drive-memory-stick-32gb-WH2-FM032FD70B

[Old_Geezer]

I'd not trust memories to a flash drive. Past experience suggests they go wrong too fast, particularly Corsair Voyager types, but others too. If you must use USB flash drives put the data on a number of them and check regularly.

[bhg481]

I'm with OG on flash drives and I certainly wouldn't trust CDs or DVDs. If you're hesitating at the cost of a hard drive, think back to the days of film. A 36 exp colour print film will cost you about £5 with a further £5 or £6 for processing. An external 500GB portable hard drive will cost you about £35 to £40 or about the cost of 3 x 36 exposure films, with processing and it will hold about many times your current collection of photos. It's a no-brainer.