Re: photo back up

gp photo added these comments in the current discussion du jour
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Since I went digital in 2001, I have about 20gb of pictures
totaling over 25,000 images. I want to back them up and not
do any damage by compressing them. I do incremental backups
after events where I have taken a lot of pictures but want a
more comprehensive and planned kind of back up.

Does anyone know of a simple back up program that will let me
archive for example, files dates from this date to that date
or after a certain date? I want to be able to back up to an
external hard drive or to a CD or DVD. I looked at Microsoft
backup but it was doing strange things with file dates. I am
running Windows XP on a laptop and have an ext HDD. Thanks in
advance.

I looked at Stomp soft by Migo $39.99 at a computer store and
thought maybe that would do it. Is anyone familiar with it?

I use grandfathered external HDs with one in a safe place in my
house and the other in my bank safety deposit box. I also
periodically back up to optical, formerly CD-R and now DVD-R. The
key is to establish a file management scheme that works for your
needs and a reasonable backup scheme. Sounds like you have the
incrementals nailed.

As to software, I just do a plain Windows folder copy for my
external HD backups and Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 for optical. I
could use my Acronis True Image 9.0 but haven't tried it for this
purpose.

--
HP, aka Jerry
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