PHOTOS,and FILES

You might also consider an on-line backup service for your photos and research files (like Carbonite).  Relatively inexpensive and you have easy access to the files but they are also secure.

Let me know if you have any questions about it.

I'm doing the same thing.  The external, portable hard drives are now USB so I can interchange them between mutliple computers and take them with me, like the memory card but only a lot more storage and security.

All my files are digital scans, so I don't have that problem ;)

With regards to CDs, you should keep multiple copies if you go that rout as CDs will degrade over time; the term is disc rot.

I keep multiple hard drives for back ups. Much faster than having to burn to multiple discs, but since I'm a researcher, we're talking about hundreds of gigabytes of images.

i have ben doing exactly that for over two yrs now   also i have it all backed up on cd's

joe

I tend to keep files and images in binders with the spine marked with content, I use those clear sleeves that hold photos and print outs.

On my computer I have labeled files as well, like  Subs, Class, Individual boat. (Gato Class, USS Cod)