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\n\u201cAnyone who has used any type of film camera is likely guilty of storing their photos this way (I\u2019m including myself as well)”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Note that I said easier but that doesn\u2019t mean better. In many ways we\u2019re still using a one box to store all our photos but in this case, that box is our computer. It\u2019s not too hard to imagine how a box of photos could be lost or damaged in those days, but so can a computer today. When that happens, a lifetime of memories is lost because a safe backup system wasn\u2019t used.<\/p>\n
We might forgive ourselves in the days of film because we quite frankly probably just didn\u2019t know any better and never thought of backups or extra copies. We\u2019re still facing that same challenge today: why, how and where to store our digital photography files.<\/p>\n
Today, however, we have alternatives. One popular method of storing images is to use a portable hard drive (also called external hard drive). These are generally good choices and you can also use multiple external hard drives as your back source. This offers a cheaper way of having your files on multiple backup sources.<\/p>\n