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Subject: Re: [OM] Amazon Cloud Drive
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:35:56 -0400
60 DVDs is probably less than 300GB of storage or one small 2.5" hard drive. I just bought 3 320GB drives on sale for USD 52.48 for all 3. These are older SATA 2 drives (3Gb/sec). They're not speed demons but are still much faster than DVDs and very inexpensive. They're cheap enough that you can have multiple copies and even keep one copy stored at a friend or relative's house in case of fire or flood at your place.

I just visited my daughter and family who live about 3-1/2 hours drive away. When I go there or they come here we exchange backup drives so that we each have off-site storage of one copy. I store the drives in colorful plastic cases that I buy on ebay. I have 4 computers (2 desktops and 2 laptops) all backed up this way.

You just need a USB drive dock to write the drives. Make sure the dock is USB 3. If your computer has USB 3 backing up will be very fast. If the computer isn't USB 3 maybe it will be in the future.

Good luck,
Chuck Norcutt


On 9/25/2015 8:17 AM, Michael Wong wrote:
hanks Tina.

My situation is similar as you. My ISP provides slow speed for my living
area since the connection by phone line only, not lan cable or fiber optic
cable. I have more than 60 DVDs photos backup, it will be a great project
for uploading .............. I think I cannot take the advantage of the
cloud storage too:-(
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