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nanascraps
AncestralPea
PeaNut 230268 - 11/5/2005
Posts: 4526 Layouts: 214
Loc: NW Penna
Count: 60 |  Posted: 2/4/2009 1:10:47 PM
I just uploaded PSE7 yesterday, but I have been gathering digi kits for over a year, so I have quite a few.
Right now I have them in my documents all zipped up. Where is the best place to store them? On the hard drive? On an external harddrive?
Also do you recommend a particular program for storing and organizing them?
I know that's a lot of questions, but I want to get started, and would like to be in organized first. | |
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genuinepea
Garden Girl
PeaNut 79412 - 4/3/2003
Posts: 3298 Layouts: 160
Loc: Utah
Count: 54 | Posted: 2/4/2009 3:28:05 PM
I have an external HD, but I've only been digiscrapping about two or three months. |
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KKSpea
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 147540 - 5/17/2004
Posts: 2153 Layouts: 543
Loc: Testosterone Zone
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I store all my scrapbook stuff on an EHD. You may also want to burn cds of your pages and/or do an online backup. EHDs can fail and you would lose everything. Here at 2peas all your download links are saved forever, so if you lost the kits you purchased, you can download them again at no charge. |
Kimberly, Wife and
Mom to FOUR sons ages 6, 5, 3 and Baby Jack | |
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stefdesign
PhotoshoPEAholic
PeaNut 307816 - 4/2/2007
Posts: 9006 Layouts: 489
Loc: Beautiful Southern California
Count: 30 | Posted: 2/4/2009 3:47:19 PM
Click Here for a current thread that might help you! |
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HollyMcCaig
BucketHead
PeaNut 10025 - 1/26/2001
Posts: 862 Layouts: 73
Loc: St. Louis, MO | Posted: 2/6/2009 12:52:03 PM
My "current" working kits (kits I'm not tired of yet) are on my main drive (but I have a TON of space on my Mac Pro tower and multiple hard drives). I make monthly backups to DVDs. My design work however is always working off EHDs. |
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bethping
PeaNut
PeaNut 34214 - 3/30/2002
Posts: 423 Layouts: 0
Count: 1 | Posted: 2/6/2009 5:28:40 PM
I use ACDSee for organizing, and am taking the Jessica Sprague class on it, which has helped a LOT! I have tons of pictures and tons of digi stuff, so I separated the digi stuff to its own folder separate from photos, in my ancient Image Pro it was taking too long to open everything up. Now I organize in ACDSee and edit in PSE.
I also store everything on my hard drive, but have a computer geek hubby. We have one dedicated machine on our home network that is used solely for nightly backups. | |
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Beje
BucketHead
PeaNut 138348 - 3/24/2004
Posts: 991 Layouts: 0
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Just a cautionary note.... those EHD DO fail. Without notice.
 I'm not saying how I know that..... but let's just say that it cost A LOT~!!!! to retrieve from a specialist after it fails. | |
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Kate Teague
Garden Girl
PeaNut 65191 - 1/27/2003
Posts: 12597 Layouts: 527
Loc: British Columbia
Count: 1 | Posted: 2/16/2009 10:22:06 PM
I don't have any EHD's mine are all internal as I have a Mac pro tower but I store everything on my extra hard drives and keep my main one just for all of my programs/applications. I then have two hard drives that are basically exact duplicas of each other in case one ever goes. |
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PeaNelope
PeaAddict
PeaNut 72097 - 2/26/2003
Posts: 1478 Layouts: 0 | Posted: 2/17/2009 9:00:48 AM
I have mine in 3 places:
* Hard drive on my PC
* External hard drive
* Burned to a DVD | |
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tiabennett
Olympian Pea
PeaNut 166407 - 9/4/2004
Posts: 17576 Layouts: 569
Loc: pacific northwest
| Posted: 2/18/2009 10:21:42 AM
just adding my two cents here....
if you treat your EHD's like a faberge egg (sp? LOL) they should
be fine for a good long time. there are lots of fine prints details
in the manual you can read that will help you protect it. like not
storing it near a tower, a monitor, anything magnetic, constant
sunlight, etc. also it should be in a really well ventilated area to
help it stay cool with lots of air circulation and such. it's a total
pain, (since i'm always trying to cram soooooo much electronic gagetry
into my workspace! LOL) but it's worth the extra effort to keep those
babies safe. think of them as the diva of hardware.  |
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Beje
BucketHead
PeaNut 138348 - 3/24/2004
Posts: 991 Layouts: 0
| Posted: 2/18/2009 1:27:28 PM
SHOULD be safe and real life..... not always the same thing.
Those puppies fail too. It's not a question of If, it's a question of When. | |
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nikguay
Baby Pea Step
PeaNut 265301 - 6/16/2006
Posts: 1 Layouts: 0
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Ugh--it's true EHD *should* be safe, but they do fail just like everyone here warned/mentioned. I couldn't believe it when mine died. I never did get it revived either. I work with quite a few tech people (I'm one myself actaully!) and when I told them about it and asked for ideas, they didn't seem at all surprise that it failed. I kept saying "how did I not know this!" The consensus was they're only guaranteed to last ONE year. I've had others that have last longer, but I wouldn't count on it as being the ONLY place to store your stuff. I now back up my photos online for about $5 a month. Best of luck to everyone! | |
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debikins
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 65255 - 1/28/2003
Posts: 2053 Layouts: 312
Loc: Pacific Northwest
Count: 107 | Posted: 2/23/2009 6:40:20 PM
I now back up my photos online for about $5 a month.
Any suggestions for a good reliable and inexpensive on-line storage for photos, layouts, and digital elements if needed? | |
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rileycamden
Will I ever get to Buckethead?!
PeaNut 99614 - 8/3/2003
Posts: 402 Layouts: 84
Loc: Michigan
Count: 5 | Posted: 2/24/2009 10:00:27 PM
I back up on an EHD. I'm thinking of getting another one to back up my back up. Do they really only last for 1 year???? YIKES!!!!
My entire digi card business is on that EHD!!! Oh My! |
Amy Orlando
http://amyscustomgreetings.com/
Specializing in custom, photo birth announcements, holiday cards, invitations, and more. "You provide your favorite photos, I create your card!"
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