Backup? What backup?

I'm really surprised how many don't backup of their data frequently. Not even their photos. Don't they realize there are two kinds of disks: Those who have crashed and those who will crash. And making backups have really become easy. Those external disks you just plug into the USB port on your computer are a inexpensive and easy way to backup.

I use two of these USB disks for backing up my photos. One disk is always connected to my computer. I have software that automatically synchronises with the photos on the hard disk. The other USB disk is stored in a safe place (a bank deposit box). Once a month I swap these disks. So worst case, I may loose one month of photos if the house burns down.

Many uses CDs or DVDs for backup of photos. If you do, make sure to use high quality CDs. Some of the cheaper CDs will deteriorate over time and in a few years they are unreadable. I have experienced this myself with CDs that were just 4 years old. A good idea is to backup all photos to at least two CDs.