photo stick

[John D Smith]

 I am starting this Topic as I want to save all of my pictures off my laptop I am sure we all have plenty of photos on our

laptops and other devices which we do not wish to loose as I understand this you plug this USB device in click go and it does

the rest but a lot of this is Sales Blurb so I thought this Topic and answers from members may be of interest to quite a few of

 us who might want to save our photos.
                                                              Regards John

[Bryan Milham]

John,

do you have a link to the USB device you are describing?

[John D Smith]

 
 I do not have any particular USB device in mind looking for advice before buying.

                                              Regards John

[Wooddust]

USB sticks can be limiting to how many photos they will store. Might be worth looking at an external drive, something like this:
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/WD-Elements-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B06VVS7S94/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539289645&sr=8-1&keywords=external+hard+drives+1tb+wd

some come with auto back up but there are a lot of free back ups.
Synctoy by microsoft is relatively easy to set up

[Paul Hannaby]

I agree, an external USB drive is a simple way of keeping photos offline but if the photos are precious to you. I suggest getting two such drives and copying to both so if one fails, you have a backup.

USB memory sticks are available for a reasonable price up to 128 Gbytes (bigger ones are quite pricy!) and if you say the average photo size is around 5 Mbytes, that would give you space for 25,000 photos. A 1Tbyte external hard disk would give you space for 200,000 photos. A 2Tbyte drive is only a few pounds more than the 1Tbyte so that may be the best in terms or price per unit storage.

I have an external drive for photos, videos and files etc. and a second one as a backup for the important stuff.

[simon]

Other option is cloud storage - that way someone else looks after it, you have fewer issues with changing technology & yet they are available 24/7 worldwide.

[fuzzyturns]

Other option is cloud storage - that way someone else looks after it, you have fewer issues with changing technology & yet they are available 24/7 worldwide.

Yeah, and if their security fails, somebody else has free access to all your photos and files. Considering the recent history of all three big online cloud storage companies, I'd be careful with that.

[bodrighywood]

I have used usb drives and the only problem I find with them is losing the darn things. I have used an external hard drive but th\at went bad on me, mind you it was pretty old.

Pete

[Derek]

Other option is cloud storage - that way someone else looks after it, you have fewer issues with changing technology & yet they are available 24/7 worldwide.

I no longer use any photo hosting style system after the way Photobucket went. I now use an external drive as a backup

[Bryan Milham]

John,

sorry, from the way you worded your question I thought you'd seen a USB stick that when plugged in, locates your 'My Photo's' directory and automatically copies it for you.

I'm with the majority above, I have several HDs in my PC, one is a dedicated back-up HD and I also use a removable HD and USBs as I feel necessary.

I have Cloud storage but limit my use of it to only those things I want to be able to access from anywhere, and never anything personal or private.

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

I use an external hardrive for storage, I also use one to backup my computer just in case. They look to be a bit expensive but you can get one from Curry's for about £40.It gives me peace of mind knowing that if my computer crashes all is not lost.

[John D Smith]

 Thank you everyone for your advice I think I will go for External Hard Drive.

                                          Regards John