SoCalHiker wrote:

Diego Sahagún wrote:What if your nice external HD falls hard on the ground and all your precious photos ruin

Duplicate your images in internal HDs as well as external

Of course... the holy grail is to store them on multiple devices/locations. The more precious or valuable the more (separate) backups.

You can buy a solid state drive and forget about the falling to the ground issue

Aren't they still expensive Well, about 200 (128Gb) to 270 (256Gb) Euros...

Diego Sahagún wrote:

SoCalHiker wrote:

Diego Sahagún wrote:What if your nice external HD falls hard on the ground and all your precious photos ruin

Duplicate your images in internal HDs as well as external

Of course... the holy grail is to store them on multiple devices/locations. The more precious or valuable the more (separate) backups.

You can buy a solid state drive and forget about the falling to the ground issue

Aren't they still expensive Well, about 200 (128Gb) to 270 (256Gb) Euros...

Yes, they still are. You have to decide how "precious" your photo collection is. For somebody who sells his/her images the price tag is certainly well worth it.

butitsadryheat wrote:2 external hard drives, with one kept off site to recover in the event of fire, etc. I rotate them every couple of months. so if I lose anything, it's only recent stuff. I don't want to trust 3rd parties, or keep shit online

I'll second this method. It is the way to go and you don't have to pay/trust third parties. OWC is a good online source for inexpensive hard drives and other goodies.

SoCalHiker wrote:

Diego Sahagún wrote:What if your nice external HD falls hard on the ground and all your precious photos ruin

Duplicate your images in internal HDs as well as external

Of course... the holy grail is to store them on multiple devices/locations. The more precious or valuable the more (separate) backups.

You can buy a solid state drive and forget about the falling to the ground issue

Solid state has a lifetime just like CD's. I don't know what that lifetime is, but it isn't infinite. The real problem with any system is technological changes. Floppies may still work, but not if you don't have a floppy drive - same is true of all of these systems (and the file formats).