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I want to transfer all my kodak pictures to a memory stick but do not know how to go about it. They are taking a lot of space up on my hard drive at the moment.
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Best way is to archive onto cdr (or dvd if you have gigabytes worth) . That way you will still have a copy if your hard drive dies.
USB memory sticks are not infallable and can fail without warning. I had a 32Mb stick suddenly die on me, fortunately there wasn't anything on it I hadn't got backed up elsewhere.
USB memory sticks are not infallable and can fail without warning. I had a 32Mb stick suddenly die on me, fortunately there wasn't anything on it I hadn't got backed up elsewhere.
Just so that you know how to copy your pictures onto a memory stick...
plug one in and you should get a message about which drive it becomes, then simply copy your pics to that drive.
However, as the others have said, memory sticks don't have that good a long term reputation (lol... sounds like some boyfriends I've had !!!)
I only use memory sticks to copy music onto for long drives in the car or to transfer info to another pc at another location.
plug one in and you should get a message about which drive it becomes, then simply copy your pics to that drive.
However, as the others have said, memory sticks don't have that good a long term reputation (lol... sounds like some boyfriends I've had !!!)
I only use memory sticks to copy music onto for long drives in the car or to transfer info to another pc at another location.
HDDs do go to heaven too
if it's worth hanging on to - you need a second (or even third) copy
you have to be sensible - don't go mad - but serious data is backed up every day - (ott)
copy enough files to fill a CD/DVD into a folder
split the files up into folders - not just a big pile
burn to disc - quite safe - (prove you can read the files)
remove from the HDD - repeat.
lots of small files aren't "dangerous" - but the HDD keeps a record of each file in a table .... the bigger the table ... the longer it takes to search - the slower the machine - the more time there is to corrupt it
same with RW discs - great for transport - but everytime you add to them you rewrite the file table - and if the mains fails ....
if it's worth hanging on to - you need a second (or even third) copy
you have to be sensible - don't go mad - but serious data is backed up every day - (ott)
copy enough files to fill a CD/DVD into a folder
split the files up into folders - not just a big pile
burn to disc - quite safe - (prove you can read the files)
remove from the HDD - repeat.
lots of small files aren't "dangerous" - but the HDD keeps a record of each file in a table .... the bigger the table ... the longer it takes to search - the slower the machine - the more time there is to corrupt it
same with RW discs - great for transport - but everytime you add to them you rewrite the file table - and if the mains fails ....
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