Computer geeks! Need your advice.

[Blueface]

I have two of the drives you refer to.
I keep one at home, hidden and one at my dad's home.

Why hidden? Think of thieves and an easy item to grab.
Why second at dad's? Thieves, fire, etc.

Call it nuts but I have now had two crashes in the past.
Also, while moving, a friend lost a box of photos on me.
I am tired of losing precious images and have found this system of mine to be very effective, with no external servers to rely on.

[Brutus2600]

Originally Posted by Blueface

I am tired of losing precious images and have found this system of mine to be very effective, with no external servers to rely on.

Yeah, call me a paranoid control freak, but I don't want to rely on any online backup, email server, or any external server for my data. I just see it as too risky if I somehow lose access to my account or the company goes under or their servers and backups get jacked up. This way it's only myself that I rely on to make sure my data is backed up and safe.