Storing memory cards

Greystoner

I have a pile of memory cards and don't know the best place to store and catalogue them. I don't like to wipe cards, want to keep my precious shots in several places, so always have a back up. Anybody have any tips how to store them? Thanks.

Corkbah

you could transfer the images to hard drives and re-use the memory cards - would probably work out a LOT cheaper.

most memory cards/hard drives will fail within 5yrs (most memory cards will be out of date/too small within 5yrs...I found a 16MB card a few days ago while doing a tidy up.... I cant even take one pic with my current camera)

pixbyjohn

Greystoner wrote: »

I have a pile of memory cards and don't know the best place to store and catalogue them. I don't like to wipe cards, want to keep my precious shots in several places, so always have a back up. Anybody have any tips how to store them? Thanks.

Why don't you put the files from the memory cards into a folder and burn a DVD of them. You could even make a few DVD copies as a backup.

Alltherage

DVD makes a poor choice for long term backups, you'll almost always lose some files. CRC errors coming out of the walls.

pixbyjohn

Alltherage wrote: »

DVD makes a poor choice for long term backups, you'll almost always lose some files. CRC errors coming out of the walls.

Yes you could be correct re long term. Have you a suggestion for the op?

frozenfrozen

Cloud storage? Gmail gives you 10gb, just attach the files to an email and save it as a draft, that way they'll always be there and there's no chance of other people seeing them

MagicBusDriver1

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Cloud storage? Gmail gives you 10gb, just attach the files to an email and save it as a draft, that way they'll always be there and there's no chance of other people seeing them

Dropbox or google drive would be a better choice.

frozenfrozen

MagicBusDriver1 wrote: »

Dropbox or google drive would be a better choice.

No they wouldn't necessarily, lots of people already have a gmail account and you get 10gb storage free, a lot more than alternatives, seeing as google drive only gives you 5 gb and dropbox depends on referrals.

sebphoto

Greystoner Buy two portable hard drives (2.5") and schedule backup of your files every week. Don't use those hard drives to any other purposes than backup.

magicbastarder

using cards works out at maybe €0.50 to €1 per GB, if you're getting a good deal on the cards.
portable hard drives work out at about €0.05 to €0.10 per GB.

it'd probably be cheaper to use USB keys than cards; and they'd be more robust. and less likely to slip down between the floorboards.

RUSTEDCORE

cloud storage