Store your digital photos properly. That way you’ll have digital memories for years to come.
You’ve been using your computer for digital photo storage for awhile now, but what happens if your computer crashes, or you start to run out of space on your computer? It’s better to plan your digital photo storage before you need it, rather than having to consider digital photo recovery techniques to retrieve those lost memories.
Storage Ideas
Once you download your digital images from your digital camera memory card onto your computer, there are a couple of options you should consider for long term digital image management:
Digital photo online storage:
Why not use the availability of the internet to upload and store your digital photos. That way, if you're away from your computer, your computer crashes, or you upgrade computer systems, you'll know that your digital photos will still be safe, and available. Check out some of the services:
- Picasa Web Album: Google's photo organizer. Download the Picasa software onto your computer, and then upload directly to your Google Picasa account.
- Kodak EasyShare Gallery:
Easy to use, and I like the ability to upload camera phone pictures to the Gallery.
Portable digital photo storage devices:
Digital camera memory cards are the main example of portable digital photo storage. They shouldn’t be the final storage place though for your digital photos. Instead, a better long-term digital photo storage solution is on your computer’s hard drive, or best would be to burn the digital photos onto CDs and DVDs. The article on
the importance of transferring digital photos from your digital camera memory card, provides additional tips in this area.
Whatever method you choose for your digital photo storage, you’ll have peace of mind that you’re preserving memories for the long term.
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