can i use these to back-up photos from my hard-drive?
1122142
I would think so, I have used the CD writtable to save pictures from my computer before
1122143
I did not try that yet but I looked it up. Each disc has 4.7GB storage capacity for storing thousands of digital photos and up to six hours of video. I used them to record my videos and they worked great. I hope this helps.
686624
I don't see why not - if you can back up files to a cd/dvd you can back them up to a flash drive.
1609634
You can do that but the drive rebuilding process takes a long time and this unit isn't hot-swappalbe so you would have to shut down and open the case. You can attach external drives and back up files to them.
1690764
Yes, I do it all the time. Also I copy photo files between three hard drives. No problems.
1972717
Yes, great for that purpose. Just remember to back up your files regularly :)
267955
Any hard drive can be used as a back up. If you are using this for backing up your computer or additional storage, you might want a higher capacity drive.
308964
Me too! I'm not going to seriously consider purchasing anything computer related unless I see the manual that goes with it. Is it (i.e., Canvio) truly plug and play? Can you selectively choose individual files to back up? I'm not at all interested in wasting time and space backing up files that I really don't wish to back up. (I only wish to back up photographs.) Filtering through all the comments, while helpful writ large, takes a lot of time when looking for particular information. A manual please.
1555872
You should ALWAYS have redundancy, especially with these kinds of drives. Yeah, they are cheap, but your data isn't. Buy two and use one as a backup. I learned the hard way myself.
111627
Your could do if the Flash drive is big enough. Personally I use an external hard drive to back up data. and just use the flash drives for portable data. If you want to back up more than just data [software/ settings] then you would need disc replicating software.
1200541
Yes. Image storage capacity depends on your individual preferences. These images can be transferred to an SD card later
1500327
Absolutely. You can do so with a USB, via e-mail (send to yourself), etc. But then again, you only have 16 Gb SSD. You'd be better off saving your photos and albums on the Cloud or an external hard drive. Using up lots of space in your SSD may compromise performance in the long run.
1924481
Should be fine, this is a hardware connection to the Hard Drives there is no software or drivers to load.
1625419
This question has been asked and answered. YES you should be able to but I would make sure you make an image backup first before trying.
1858657
ABSOLUTELY! They are terrific to use for storing photos. I highly recommend them!
197316
I also bought the drive to backup photos. It is working well with the new Maverick OS I switched to a month ago.
1265358
You need to transfer the photos to the computer, and then you can back them up.
1251926
They work great for just data backups. They will not burn DVD movie backups for some reason I always get a "Burned Failed" error after my DVD burner burns the movie. So I wasted another expensive DVD DL.